The clown has to deal with the ruthless drug kingpin Görtz. When Max sets out to stop Görtz's business, the big dealer lures Zander's best friend Ludowski into a trap and kidnaps his children.
The clown is drawn into a perfidious blackmail. An unknown person demands 50 million from the German government. If the government does not pay, he will carry out assassination attempts on members of the Bundestag.
The unscrupulous organ trader van Vericke has kidnapped the young daughter Gina of Max's old friend Cosmo Nunnari in order to force him to hand over evidence of Van Vericke's criminal activities. Max does everything he can to free Gina.
A man in a harlequin mask murders people from the red light milieu. The press and the BKA naturally suspect the clown. In order to prove Max's innocence and to unmask the unknown kicker, Claudia takes a big risk.
In Düsseldorf, a handful of former Russian special soldiers try to buy their way into the criminal milieu with a stolen war chest. The Russian army wants to stop them, and the clown gets caught between the fronts.
The real estate shark Börner has already managed to acquire a large part of an apartment block in an attractive location. Only the bar owner Martina Sanchez remains stubborn. Then one of her employees is run over. Was it an accident or murder?
