Louis Salinger je ambiciozni agent Interpola, ki preiskuje korupcijo v največjih svetovnih bankah. Ker sumi, da se vplivna banka ukvarja s pranjem denarja, preprodajo orožja in financiranjem vojne, Salinger združi moči s tožilko Eleanor Whitman, s katero se odpravita na nevarno iskanje resnice. Sledi ju iz New Yorka vodijo v Berlin, Milano in Istanbul, pri tem pa so jima ves čas za petami plačani morilci, odločeni, da opravijo svojo nalogo.
In The International, Interpol Agent Louis Salinger and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman are determined to bring to justice one of the world's most powerful banks. Uncovering illegal activities including money laundering, arms trading, and the destabilization of governments, Salinger and Whitman's investigation takes them from Berlin to Milan to New York and to Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk as the bank will stop at nothing - even murder - to continue financing terror and war.