''Imbestigador'' () is a

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investigative docudrama show broadcast by

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. Hosted by Mike Enriquez, it premiered on August 2, 2000 on the network's evening line up replacing ''

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''. The series is streaming online on

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Overview

Mike Enriquez in White Plains, Quezon City

The show premiered on August 2, 2000. It began with very casual crime scene reports, which continues to be the usual focus. Various crimes were featured, including kidnapping, slavery, child abuse, and various

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s. The team was equipped with hidden cameras for doing entrapment operations with the help of the

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, the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the Commission on Human Rights, the National Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Justice and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. From crime reports, ''Imbestigador'' expanded into an all-around investigative show. It features societal problems such as corruption, problems in local governments, illegal activities, poverty, disloyalty, cleanliness, education, wasted public funds, the youth and public health and safety. The show started dramatizations on July 19, 2014.

Production

In March 2020, production was halted due to the

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caused by the

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. The show resumed its programming on July 11, 2020.

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