The daughter of a renowned Rome surgeon is senselessly murdered, shocking the city's wealthy elite and leading police on a frantic race to catch the killer. But as detectives focus their investigation on the more unsavory elements of Roman high society, they overlook the diabolical truth: a Dutch gang specializing in white slave trade was to blame for the young girl's untimely death, and the merciless leader of the organization is but a puppet to the real power brokers who will do anything and everything to cover their tracks.