THE BREAKER BARONS | TF1 | Reportages

The world of scrap metal is a world apart. We don’t often see it… we pass by without a second thought. We see a dealer” with his greasy hands… but behind this façade lies a world with its own codes, its secrets and its dirty practices.  Over the last three years the price of scrap metal has plummeted to one tenth and the professional dealers now face competition from rogue merchants. For several months, our team accompanied three very different scrap metal merchants. Among them… two women, who have carved out a place for themselves. We also accompanied a police unit specializing in cracking illegal scrap metal networks.”