Belgian eight-episode series “The Big Fuck-Up” is based on a true story – as much as possible.
Set in the 1980s, it follows Belgian Gendarmes who, led by an American CIA agent, are supposed to catch drug dealers. Instead, they turn into criminals themselves. That includes Jan Laureys (Willem De Schryver), who never wanted to be a gendarme in the first place.
“Although – and I’ll go on the record here – not all cops were corrupt, the gendarmerie was infested with scandals and crime. There was a lot of nepotism and it had a mob-like structure: if you made a mistake, they would cover it up for you,” says
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