''Code 37'', also known as Code 37: Sex Crimes in English-speaking countries, is a Belgian television crime-
drama
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. In both the U.S. and the UK, the series is shown on
Walter Presents
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Content
The series focuses on a police unit, in particular its chief investigator Hannah Maes, specializing in sexual offenses such as rape, incest, pornography, abuse, pedophilia, exhibitionism, harassment and discrimination. There is also an ongoing sub-plot focusing on a home invasion that happened to Maes and her parents eight years earlier.
Cast
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Veerle Baetens
Veerle Baetens (born 24 January 1978) is a Belgian actress, filmmaker, and singer best known for her lead role as Elise / Alabama in the romantic drama film '' The Broken Circle Breakdown'' (2012), for which she won the Tribeca Film Festival Aw ...
as Hannah Maes
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Michael Pas as Bob De Groof
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Marc Lauwrys as Charles Ruiters
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Gilles De Schryver as Kevin Desmet
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Geert Van Rampelberg
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as Koen Verberk
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Carry Goossens as Robert Maes
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Ben Segers
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as Mark Vermaelen
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Mieke De Groote as Greet Adriaans
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Herman Gilis as Erwin Struelens
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Clara Cleymans as Vicky Renders
References
External links
*{{IMDb title, 1434482
Belgian crime television series
Belgian drama television shows
2009 Belgian television series debuts
2012 Belgian television series endings
2010s Belgian television series
Flemish television shows
VTM (TV channel) original programming