Taken Down is a crime-drama series set in Dublin. The first series investigates the violent death of a young Nigerian migrant found abandoned close to a Direct Provision Centre, where refugees await the hope of asylum. The investigation brings us into a twilight world of the new Ireland, where slum landlords and criminals prey on the vulnerable.
Cast:Lynn Rafferty , Sean Fox , Orla Fitzgerald , Aïssa Maïga , Gavin O'Connor , Aaron Edo , Brian Gleeson , Seán Edo , Marlene Madenge , Cillian O'Sullivan , Carl Shaaban , Phina Oruche , Jimmy Smallhorne , Don Wycherley , Barry Ward , Florence Adebambo , Slimane Dazi , Ene Frost
A young Nigerian girl is found dead at a bus stop, opening an investigation into her death and leading inspector Jen Rooney to an asylum centre.
As the investigation continues, suspicion falls on Wayne and there are signs that Esme might have been secretly working before she died.
Abeni comes to fear those she works for at the brothel, and is too scared to tell the police. Flora escapes from the care home she has been placed in.
As the investigation continues, suspicion falls on Wayne and there are signs that Esme might have been secretly working before she died.
The police discover new leads in the wake of their raid on the brothel and Abeni begins to confide what she knows. The gang are rebuilding their business unseen.
Abeni must decide if helping find Flora, Hope and Nina will be too great a risk for her family. Forensics examine the old brothel.