The story of Meyer Lansky, an associate of Lucky Luciano who was linked to criminal financial operations, but the FBI struggled to pin anything on him - or find his riches.

L'exploitation de cette source d'énergie fossile et d'hydrocarbures est l’un des piliers de l’économie industrielle contemporaine, car le pétrole fournit la quasi-totalité des carburants liquides — fioul, gazole, kérosène, essence, GPL — tandis que le naphta produit par le raffinage est à la base de la pétrochimie, dont sont issus un très grand nombre de matériaux usuels — plastiques, textiles synthétiques, caoutchoucs synthétiques (élastomères), détergents, adhésifs, engrais, cosmétiques, etc. — et que les fractions les plus lourdes conduisent aux bitumes, paraffines et lubrifiants. Le pétrole dans son gisement est fréquemment associé à des fractions légères qui se séparent spontanément du liquide à la pression atmosphérique, ainsi que diverses impuretés comme le dioxyde de carbone, le sulfure d'hydrogène, l'eau de formation et des traces métalliques.

Avec 32,0 % de l'énergie primaire consommée en 2017, le pétrole est la source d'énergie la plus utilisée dans le monde devant le charbon (27,1 %) et le gaz naturel (22,2 %) ; sa part a fortement reculé : elle atteignait 46,3 % en 1973.

En 2018, selon BP, les réserves mondiales prouvées de pétrole atteignaient 244,1 Gt (milliards de tonnes), en progression de 15,8 % par rapport à 2008 et de 51,6 % par rapport à 1998. Elles représentaient 50,0 années de production au rythme de 2018 : 4,47 Gt, dont 41,5 % produits par les pays membres de l'OPEP ; les trois principaux producteurs : États-Unis, Arabie saoudite et Russie, totalisaient 41,2 % de la production mondiale. Les principaux importateurs de pétrole sont l'Europe, la Chine, les États-Unis, l'Inde et le Japon ; les principaux exportateurs sont l'Arabie saoudite, la Russie, l'Irak, le Canada, les Émirats arabes unis et le Koweït.

L'Agence internationale de l'énergie évalue les émissions mondiales de CO2 dues au pétrole à 11 232 Mt (millions de tonnes) en 2016, en progression de 32,2 % depuis 1990 ; ces émissions représentent 34,6 % des émissions dues à l'énergie en 2017, contre 44,2 % pour le charbon et 20,5 % pour le gaz naturel.

In the extreme north-west of Nepal, the Limi valley is hidden behind a series of peaks exceeding 6000 m altitude. During the winter, she finds herself cut off from the world. To deliver vaccines and medicines, a handful of men and women embark on an adventure lasting several days. The team alternates walking and traveling in 4/4. But, mule caravans prove to be a much more reliable means of transportation than all-terrain vehicles. The western regions are the most isolated in the country. Crossing the slopes is, each time, a dance with death. Nagendra launches his truck to the edge of the abyss, ready to take any risk to deliver on time and support his family.
Directors: Philippe LAFAIX; Frédéric ELHORGA

In Siberia they call it the « highway of life »… and also the « highway of hell ». This is the M56, a 1200 km road route that crosses this region in the far Eastern part of the Russian Federation.
The M56 is an indispensable link for the people of the North of Siberia. Summer and winter long, thousands of trucks and hundreds of cars take this road to ensure supplies of food, drink and materials.
But this road to the other end of the world is also a real nightmare. First, because of its history: it was built between 1925 and 1964 by prisoners, "enemies of Communism" sent to the gulags, who never returned.
And today is still strikes fear. Driving conditions are particularly harsh. Here there’s no tarmac covering the surface, only thousands of rocks, far too big to drive on. There’s no car tyre that can resist them!
Dust, mud, vibrations, blizzards that can “overturn a truck” : when you take this road, you suffer! We accompany 3 truck drivers, among them, Igor, 42. He has three days ahead of him before he reaches Yakutsk, one of the most remote cities in Russia. He has to delivery his load of beer at all costs! Aboard his truck we discover the M56.

Director: Philippe Lafaix

In a thrilling race on gruesome roads, desperate bush Taxi drivers scramble to deliver drugs and vaccines in less than 24 hours. At the other end of the trail sick people and children on borrowed time are waiting. But will they be able to afford the medicine that will save them? A surreal trip to Guinea Conakry, where there are still many serious diseases, such as polio, diphtheria and rabies. A country in full decay where the rutted roads tire the drivers nervously and where the delays they take paralyze the economy of the country ... Located in the west of Africa and in the south of Senegal, Guinea Conakry is nevertheless a country rich. Its subsoil is full of minerals like gold and diamonds, but people never see their color. The film reveals hallucinating realities: the hospital in a town of 200,000 inhabitants, Kissidougou, operates without electricity and the nurse on duty is content with the wreckage of an ambulance to go and save a pregnant woman in difficulty at 75 kilometers away. Poverty pushes families to put their children to work from the age of 6. In a roadside carpentry shop, no less than 102 children are found working and sleeping on the floor in what looks a lot like dormitories in a labor camp. According to Unicef, 25% of young Guineans take the road to work every morning rather than the often inaccessible school! In Guinea Conakry, the forest occupies more than a quarter of the surface of the country and beyond a national pierced with holes the inhabitants abandoned by the state had to create themselves bamboo ladders on cliffs to go from villages to villages. They borrow them at the risk of their lives ...

Labor Day weekend turns into a nightmare when a murderous wave terrorizes the American nation. In a small Ohio town, a middle-aged woman and a teenage boy disappear within hours of each other. Although the police don't know what the connection is between the 2 cases, they believe one and the same individual is responsible. They enlist the help of the FBI. A trail littered with stolen cars and dead bodies takes the agents to seven states, in search of two suspects. They can only arrest them if they can determine in advance where they're going.

Director : J. Darin Wales
Scenario : Stephan Cooper, Mark Marabella, Allison Erkelens
Narrator : Anthony D. Call
Cast : James Kallstrom, Bill Adams, Terrance Afer-Anderson, Steve Ashton, Stephanie Bannevich, Helen Boslego, Vincent Boslego, Boe Bostansic, Stephen Brock, Justin Chaparro, Joe Cuellar, Angela Daw, Peggy Evans
TV series : The FBI Files
2001