TakenDownisacrimedramaseriessetinDublin.ThefirstseriesinvestigatestheviolentdeathofayoungNigerianmigrantfoundabandonedclosetoaDirectProvisionCentre,whererefugeesawaitthehopeofasylum.TheinvestigationbringsusintoatwilightworldofthenewIrelandwhereslumlandlordsandcriminalspreyonthevulnerable.