TraceSeason 1
A new government body is created to resolve cases of X-file and high crime. The Federal Expert Service brings together specialists in various fields: software development, ballistics, forensic medicine and detectives.
Where to Watch Trace • Season 1
124 Episodes
- Укус Куфии. Часть 1E1
Укус Куфии. Часть 1A serial killer nicknamed 'The Organist' is terrorizing Moscow, with fifteen murders already to his name. His victims are children... The city is in shock, and the police are powerless to stop him. A decision is made at the highest level to establish the Federal Expert Service (FES) - primarily to catch The Organist, but also to handle complex and particularly grave crimes in the future. - Укус Куфии. Часть 2E2
Укус Куфии. Часть 2Ovechkin confesses to everything. However, the investigative experiment fails to yield the expected results. Moreover, it turns out that Ovechkin suffers from sluggish schizophrenia... Meanwhile, a new victim is discovered. Experts quickly identify the shooter: a certain Teplov. - Укус Куфии. Часть 3E3
Укус Куфии. Часть 3During the investigation, it emerges that Teplov simply decided to exploit the situation involving Organist to make some money. The investigation hits a dead end once again. The Ministry of Internal Affairs demands quick results from the FES. Experts discover traces of injections on some of the victims. A detailed blood analysis reveals that, prior to death, the victims had been injected with a rare toxin - pit viper venom. The investigation leads to a Moscow-based sect that follows a bizarre doctrine referencing this specific poison. - Укус Куфии. Часть 4
E4Укус Куфии. Часть 4The cult leader speaks of Chinese books detailing the doctrine and reveals that there will be a total of 18 victims. The final sacrifice is to be made in China, at an ancient monastery. Meanwhile, the body of the maniac's 17th victim is discovered. Just hours later, another girl vanishes. The experts realize this is their last chance to catch 'The Organist'. - Роковая страстьE5
Роковая страстьThe body of a young woman is found in a park, bearing strange marks on her neck. Experts determine that the marks were made by the killer's teeth. Who left them there? Was it the boss with whom she was romantically involved? A young man whose advances she had rejected? Or was it someone else entirely? - Доказать невозможноE7
Доказать невозможноProfessor and businessman Viktor Popov fell from the window of his 13th-floor Moscow apartment. All evidence gathered at the scene unequivocally points to suicide. Popov's cancer diagnosis may have been the reason for taking his own life. It would seem there is no doubt that his death was not the result of a crime. However, the head of the task force, Colonel Rogozina, holds a different view. - Скелет ОтеллоE8
Скелет ОтеллоWhile digging an excavation pit on a summer cottage plot in the Moscow region, workers stumble upon an old burial site. After conducting an investigation, experts conclude that the skeleton found on the property belongs to Julius - a Nigerian student at a Moscow university who had gone missing ten years earlier. - Нарисованные свидетелиE9
Нарисованные свидетелиThe body of an unidentified man is found on the road. The cause of death is mechanical asphyxia resulting from a fatal blow to the neck. The man remained alive for several hours after the blow, even though he was effectively doomed. DNA analysis and biological traces found on the victim's clothing leave no doubt: the blow was struck by a male close relative. Yet, the deceased has no relatives. - Английское убийствоE10
Английское убийствоExperts are faced with a very strange case. At first glance, it appears to be a standard suicide: an editor from a Moscow publishing house has hanged himself in his apartment. However, the autopsy reveals that the deceased died not from asphyxiation, but from a fracture of the cervical vertebrae. This implies a staged scene... Who could have wanted the editor dead? - АвтокатастрофаE11
АвтокатастрофаVeronika Lovetskaya, the 40-year-old owner of a department store group, is killed in a car crash. The other driver involved flees the scene. A citywide interception operation is launched; traffic police are searching for a black car showing signs of collision damage. A special laboratory team led by Colonel Rogozina joins the investigation. - Марка убийцыE13
Марка убийцыLena, a young woman, visits her fiancé - actor Anatoliy Kubarev and discovers his body. A forensic examination reveals that Anatoliy was smothered with a pillow; prior to that, he had been beaten and suffered a severe blow to the head. Nothing was stolen from the apartment except for an old timepiece Anatoliy had inherited from his father. Suspicion falls on an acquaintance of Kubarev's - an ex-convict named Grebnyov, whose traces were found in the apartment - as well as Anatoliy's former lover, the actress Melentyeva, who had threatened him with retribution. - БумерангE14
БумерангEarly in the morning, the body of a young woman, Isabella Zholobova, is discovered on a remote road. Experts surmise that the victim was either thrown or jumped from a car traveling at high speed. The investigation reveals that Isabella had secretly left home that evening to go to a nightclub. Traces of blood and skin particles are found under the victim's fingernails. Suspicion falls on the young woman's father. - Таинственное исчезновениеE15
Таинственное исчезновениеA young man rushes out of his girlfriend's apartment, runs into a neighbor, and claims there is a dead body inside. The FES team is summoned to the scene. However, Kruglov finds no body there. Yet, the perpetrator has left behind plenty of clues: signs that someone was dragged across the rug, flowers neatly arranged in a vase, mountaineering gear on the balcony (likely used to remove the body), and boot prints beneath the balcony. Suspicion falls squarely on the victim's brother. - Частный детективE16
Частный детективA young woman is shot dead in an apartment within a high-rise building. Meanwhile, the body of private investigator Frolov is discovered in a car in a nearby alley. Both killings occurred virtually simultaneously. Forensic expert Belaya determines that the same pistol was used in both murders. After reconstructing the crime scene, the experts conclude that the young woman's death was a tragic accident. - Я - судьяE17
Я - судьяA businessman is murdered in his apartment, and the body of his bodyguard is found nearby in the kitchen. Investigators discover an empty safe in the apartment and traces of heroin in a desk drawer. Suspicion falls on an acquaintance of the victim - a man recently released from prison after serving time for drug trafficking. At the same time, forensic experts investigate a lead involving the deceased's mistress, a stripper; her fingerprints are found inside the opened safe. - Выстрел на охотеE18
Выстрел на охотеA furniture factory owner is killed while hunting in the Moscow region. Forensic analysis reveals that the shot was fired not from a hunting rifle, but from an army rifle. After an extensive search, experts discover a sawed-off Mosin rifle near the body of water where the murder took place. However, there are no traces left on the weapon. - РасплатаE19
РасплатаUpon returning home from the airport, a young woman discovers two bodies in her parents' apartment - they were killed while she was away. A bloody pattern of symbols has been left on the wall. Who could have murdered the judge and his wife? Was it a criminal he had once put behind bars - recently released - or the leader of a cult that kills stray dogs? The case is assigned to the FES team. - Запасной выходE20
Запасной выходUpon returning home, a husband finds his wife dead on the living room floor. A pistol is clutched in the deceased woman's hand, and there is a bullet mark on the wall. Forensic analysis reveals that the weapon was placed in the woman's hand after she was already dead. Experts theorize that the victim fired at her attacker in self-defense but missed; the killer then snatched the gun from her, shot her, and before leaving placed the weapon in her hand to stage a suicide. However, ballistics analysis yields an unexpected result: the bullet that struck the wall was fired *after* the bullet that killed the woman. - АтлетE21
АтлетA police patrol discovers a wrecked car in the courtyard of an apartment building. Inside the trunk lies the body of a man wearing an expensive suit. Forensic experts find traces of narcotics on his fingertips. Evidence leads investigators to a petty criminal named Eduard Anisimov, but he is soon found murdered in his girlfriend's car. Are these two murders connected? - В объятиях леопардаE22
В объятиях леопардаA man's body is found. Forensic analysis reveals that the deceased was poisoned with diluted hydrochloric acid mixed into his flask of whiskey. Investigators learn that the victim suffered from a gambling addiction; shortly before his death, he had visited a casino and won a substantial sum of money. Yet, no winnings were found. - БлёсткиE23
БлёсткиThe body of a 40-year-old woman is found in the trunk of a car belonging to an ordinary office worker. On the evening of the murder, the car's owner had visited a sauna, and evidence found in the trunk suggests the victim was placed there while at the facility. However, questioning the sauna's cleaner yields no results. Suspicion falls on the victim's stepdaughter, who had quarreled with her stepmother on the day of the murder. Forensic experts discover glitter on the corpse's fingers. - ПрограммистыE24
ПрограммистыA programmer is murdered in his apartment; he was struck several times on the temple with an unusual object. Forensic experts conclude that death was caused by a blow to the head from a hard drive—specifically, a computer's HDD. Data recovered from the programmer's computer leads investigators to a Moscow company that the deceased had been blackmailing, threatening to leak passwords for all their security systems online. - МолнияE25
МолнияThe owner of a small company dies during a corporate party held at a country house. A forensic team arrives at the scene. At first glance, it appears the man was killed by a lightning strike. However, after a detailed investigation, experts conclude that he was murdered by an electric current rigged to the metal railings of the house's veranda. But how was this possible, given that the local substation had failed during the storm? - ДТПE28
ДТПThe body of an elderly man is found on the side of the road. Forensic analysis determines that the pensioner died as a result of a traffic accident. However, a detailed examination of the tire tracks left by the vehicle that struck the victim leaves no doubt: the car did not brake before the collision; on the contrary, it accelerated. Does this mean forensic experts are dealing with a deliberate murder? But who could possibly benefit from the death of an ordinary pensioner? - Капля моряE29
Капля моряThe body of a young woman is found by the roadside. Experts conclude that she was drowned in seawater. Forensic investigators discover that the swimming pool the young woman frequented uses seawater. Suspicion also falls on the deceased's boss, Yemelyanov - his country house also features a saltwater pool. - Зелёная радугаE31
Зелёная радугаAn assassination attempt is made on the leader of the 'Green Rainbow' movement, a group ideologically aligned with the Green Party. Suspicion falls on the owners of several factories - targets of the victim's activism due to his conviction that they were polluting the environment. However, the victim unexpectedly escapes from the hospital. - ПепелE32
ПепелThe FES team joins the investigation into a series of brazen murders. Young women are abducted from nightclubs, killed, and their ashes are mailed to their parents. Another victim has been taken; all the women are blondes who bear a physical resemblance to one another. Using the filled-out receipt and the handwriting on the parcel, FES forensic experts track down Zhitnikov, a man with a prior conviction for rape. However, he turns out to be a pawn in someone else's game and is soon killed. The experts begin investigating ceramic factories in hopes of finding the killer. - Секреты СветыE33
Секреты СветыThe body of a young woman is found in a park. Forensic experts determine that the victim was strangled while it was raining. By checking weather reports from the previous day, investigators identify the specific area in the Moscow region where the rain had fallen. Forensic specialists note that the summer house belonging to the victim's stepfather is located in that very area. - Бомба замедленного действияE34
Бомба замедленного действияThe owner of a major beauty salon has been murdered. Suspicion falls on her lover - a hairstylist. Experts discover traces of the victim's skin on his ring. Consequently, he becomes the prime suspect in the murder. The FES team begins the investigation. - ФальшивкаE37
ФальшивкаA chemist is shot dead in his apartment. A search of the victim's belongings reveals a large sum of counterfeit dollars. Meanwhile, two people are killed in a shootout in the Moscow region. One of the deceased is found with the exact same counterfeit dollars, while the other has the rifle used to kill the chemist. The counterfeit bills had been circulating in three towns in the Moscow region. The victim's mistress claims the killer is her husband - yet the husband was out hunting at the time of the murder. - И другие родственнникиE38
И другие родственнникиA businessman is murdered. His body is discovered by the downstairs neighbor, whose apartment is being flooded. Some time later, someone uses the deceased's documents to withdraw all the funds from his company's account. Suspicion falls on the businessman's deputy, who was present in the victim's apartment on the day of the murder. Forensics also determine that a woman and another unidentified person had been in the apartment. - Королева красотыE39
Королева красотыThe body of a famous fashion model with a disfigured face is found on a highway outside the city. Nearby stands a display featuring her photograph. Investigators discover that the victim had been receiving threats for some time - including gruesome images cut from a forensic medicine textbook, threatening letters, and graffiti scrawled on walls. Shortly before the murder, the model had been seeing an American sex tourist. - ЗверствоE40
ЗверствоA pregnant woman is brutally murdered. In the basement of the house where the body is found, forensic experts discover an underground passage. Suspicion falls on the victim's ex-fiancé, whom she had rejected shortly before her death. He does not deny having visited the victim on the day of the murder or having held the murder weapon in his hands. Some time later, the body of another young woman is found, killed in a similar manner. It turns out that the man who was her boyfriend and the father of the first woman's child are one and the same person. - Диагноз - смерть / СПИДE42
Диагноз - смерть / СПИДA series of mysterious suicides involving young women is taking place in Moscow. Experts discover that all the victims had AIDS, yet none of them was aware of it. The FES team faces a difficult task: tracking down the the perpetrators - since experts have concluded that these are crimes, not suicides. - ПереводчицаE43
ПереводчицаElvira Kazantseva, a translator for a marriage agency, is murdered in her apartment. While examining the crime scene, FES agents discover that someone had thrown the victim's mink coat into the neighboring apartment. Jewelry was stolen from the victim. Suspicion falls on Kazantseva's sixty-year-old neighbor, who has a past criminal record. - Время собирать камниE44
Время собирать камниThe body of Lesnin, a businessman in the construction industry, is found in a Moscow body of water. A forensic analysis by the FES determines that Lesnin was already dead when he entered the water; the cause of death was a fall from a low height - five meters. The investigation leads to a rival of Lesnin's, a man named Mirkin. Shortly before the murder, Lesnin had lost a building construction tender to Mirkin and had sued him. However, Mirkin himself cannot be located. - Тугой кранE45
Тугой кранAn art critic is murdered in his apartment. His wife is struck on the head with a hard object in the bathroom... Suspicion falls on the deceased's brother-in-law, who had a serious financial dispute with the critic. Investigators go to the suspect's apartment but find his body there. The scene has been staged to look like a suicide - there is even a suicide note. However, it soon becomes clear that it was a setup... A third party is involved - possibly a friend and former classmate of the deceased who has been in love with the critic's sister since childhood. - ПохищениеE46
ПохищениеThe FES takes on a case involving the kidnapping of a young boy who failed to return home from music school one evening. The kidnappers demand a large sum of money from the child's parents. The boy's mother sells her business, and the money is left at a designated drop-off point under expert surveillance. However, no one comes to collect the cash. Shortly thereafter, the boy himself is found. - Школьная историяE48
Школьная историяA PE teacher is found dead in the schoolyard. A thorough examination of the scene by FES agents leaves no doubt: the body was dumped there. Traces of heroin are discovered in the deceased's pocket and at his home, but there is nothing else in his pockets. Suspicion falls on the father of a student who had died of an overdose. - СкромностьE49
СкромностьThe body of a young girl is found in the river. On the victim's ankle are marks from unusual shackles - featuring spikes on the inner side - that left an imprint of the word "modestia" (Latin for "modesty") on her skin. The girl was sixteen years old and had gone missing from home a month earlier. Forensic experts discover water in her lungs that differs in composition from the river water. Her diary reveals the identity of her lover. - Дело КругловаE50
Дело КругловаA package arrives at the FES. Inside is a cigarette pack containing a severed finger. Who sent it, and why? Kruglov realizes it is meant for him. Eight years ago, he investigated a kidnapping case in which the perpetrator sent severed fingers to the victims' parents. Kruglov had identified the criminal back then; now, having been released from prison, the man is seeking revenge. The daughter of Kruglov's former partner - who died a couple of years ago - goes missing. Yet there are no calls or demands from the kidnapper - only a package containing another finger. - КатастрофаE51
КатастрофаA girl is abducted from her school, and shortly thereafter, her father narrowly escapes death when a bomb explodes in his car. Upon examining the explosive device, experts realize the perpetrator's intent was not to kill the father, but merely to frighten him. Suspicion falls on one of the patients. - Слишком много убийцE55
Слишком много убийцMajor Mayskiy meets a young woman at a resort hotel, but upon arriving at her room, he discovers she has been stabbed in the heart. The victim turns out to be the wife of a physicist who recently died in a laboratory equipment explosion. Coincidentally, a physics conference is taking place at that very same hotel. - Мохнатое золотоE56
Мохнатое золотоA Moscow businessman has been hospitalized, and his secretary is dead. Cyanide had been slipped into the coffee they were drinking. The FES team headed to the crime scene. It is necessary to investigate all possible scenarios regarding how the cyanide got into the coffee. - СветочувствительностьE57
СветочувствительностьA young woman arrived from Europe to visit her mother but never made it home. The key to the search for the missing woman proves to be her camera, which is recovered when a drug addict is caught trying to sell it. By analyzing her correspondence and final photographs, investigators manage to locate her body and identify the real culprit. - Части телаE58
Части телаA 12-year-old boy has gone missing. At the scene of the crime, investigators find a candy wrapper and traces of medical-grade talc from gloves. The next day, another boy of the same age disappears. Both boys have Type O blood, and the abductors were wearing white medical coats. - Отравление младенцевE59
Отравление младенцевExperts are investigating the murder of an infant. Someone laced the child's food with arsenic: the poison was injected into a sealed package of baby formula using a syringe. The FES team begins investigating this inhumane crime. The criminal will certainly be found. - ШакалE63
ШакалA journalist has been murdered. All the evidence points to an alcoholic neighbour. However, forensic analysis reveals that the neighbour could not have been the killer, as he was dead drunk on the day of the murder. The FES team begins searching for other possible perpetrators of the crime. - Стрела НемезидыE65
Стрела НемезидыA man has been killed by a crossbow bolt. Several years ago, the victim's car struck the Ivashkin family, and the woman died at the scene. It is highly likely that this is an act of revenge. The FES team begins investigating this crime. The criminal will face punishment. - ШантажE66
ШантажA businessman is being blackmailed with a video showing him with his mistress; the blackmailer demands money, threatening to show the footage to the businessman's wife. The blackmailer's call is traced to a payphone where the perpetrator left his card behind - or perhaps he left it there on purpose? After all, the card belongs to the businessman's son. - Цена обидыE69
Цена обидыThe body of a young woman is found in a park. Suspicion falls on her closest friends, as they were the ones she spent the evening with before her death. The FES team begins the investigation by questioning the deceased's friends regarding their possible involvement in the crime. - За отсутствием события преступленияE73
За отсутствием события преступленияWhile dining at a restaurant, Captain Kotov witnesses someone shooting a man, only to be struck on the head himself. The next morning, he is surprised to learn that no one remembers the murder; furthermore, the entire restaurant staff has been replaced, and the previous employees have been let go. - Роковое кольцоE74
Роковое кольцоSeventeen-year-old Alisa Semyonova dies under strange circumstances. Agents from the Federal Forensic Service determine that the cause of death is a plant-based poison originating from Central Africa. Investigators have yet to determine whom Semyonova might have been in contact with before her death. - АмнезияE76
АмнезияThe body of a woman and a man suffering from memory loss are discovered at a construction site. It soon emerges that the neighbor of the woman found at the site has also been murdered. Suspicion falls on the victim's husband, but his body is subsequently found in the trunk of his own car. - КосметикаE77
КосметикаA cosmetics salesman from Nizhniy Novgorod is murdered in his hotel room. A doll - the kind used in magical rituals - is found near the body. According to the staff, a young woman had visited the victim shortly before the murder. Meanwhile, a button from a security guard's uniform is discovered at the crime scene; the guard in question had quit on the very day of the murder. - ПрощаниеE78
ПрощаниеA corporate party ended in a brutal murder during a circus act that the performers had executed countless times. The victim had been romantically involved with his partner but had broken up with her the day before the killing. Fingerprints belonging to the prop master were found on the bullets. - ГномE79
ГномDasha Seryogina has been murdered in her apartment. The killer left a strange note at the crime scene: "The gnome from under the sheet. Remember. If you have time..." Meanwhile, two more victims are discovered at a remote country house. While investigating these murders, FES experts uncover a dark, long-buried secret. - ПанацеяE80
ПанацеяA doctor developing a cancer drug is murdered. Theories are ruled out one by one until it emerges that, the day before, one of the patients in the clinical trial had visited the doctor to complain that his condition was worsening. Could the killers be the doctor's own subordinates, concealing the drug's adverse effects from him? - Собачья смертьE81
Собачья смертьHorrific crimes have been committed: a double murder in a sauna and a murder in a wooded area. At first glance, the cases appear unrelated. However, FES agents discover that the victims were former classmates. Who wanted them dead? That is what remains to be determined. - Тяжёлый деньE82
Тяжёлый деньA young pregnant woman is found murdered in her apartment, a knife in her heart. At the same time, in the city center, a man falls from a roof onto power lines and is electrocuted to death. The investigation reveals that both worked at the same bank: the woman was a regular employee, while the young man was an intern who had been fired just a couple of days before the murder. - ИмитаторE84
ИмитаторThe body of a young woman is found in a park; she has been shot in the back and the ear. She is not the first victim killed in this manner. It appears a serial killer is at large in the city. A suspect is currently in pre-trial detention for a similar crime - does this mean he is innocent? - БратьяE85
БратьяThe Rozhkovs - a married couple and world-renowned scientists - are murdered in their country home. The FES uncovers direct evidence implicating the Rozhkovs' eldest son. He confesses to the murder. However, as the investigation unfolds, the experts become increasingly convinced that the young man is shouldering the blame for someone else. - Кукольный домикE87
Кукольный домикLawyer Yuri Toloknov has been murdered. A scale model of his apartment was found on his desk, with every detail meticulously replicated. And in the tiny kitchen, a doll sits at the table, perfectly mirroring the murdered man's pose. The FES team is set to take on an unusual case - one that might even be linked to a ritual murder. - Чёрный человекE91
Чёрный человекA series of mysterious murders has been committed in a small town near Moscow. Experts from the FES take on the case. It remains to be determined whether this is the work of a lone serial killer or a series of planned, organized murders committed by a group of criminals. - Грамотная бытовухаE93
Грамотная бытовухаA man's body is found in the water; it is the missing owner of a construction company. Suspicion falls on the homebuyers he defrauded - a retired military officer, a music teacher, and a mother of a large family - as well as on his business partner, who has gone on the run. - СамосудE97
СамосудThe body of a businessman is found on a stairwell landing. The investigation reveals that he was killed elsewhere and his body was moved - by his own bodyguards, no less...The FES team begins the investigation by questioning the deceased's bodyguards about why and from where his body was moved. - Смерть на дорогеE98
Смерть на дорогеThree traffic police officers are killed one after another. Who could have committed this crime? An avenger? A maniac? A crusader against highway extortion? Many questions without clear answers. The investigation launched by the FES team must answer all these questions.
