YMMV / Il Commissario Montalbano

• Awesome Ego: As any classic detective.
• Complete Monster: Baddar Gafsa, from season 5's "Il giro di boa" ("Turning Point"), is an infamous Tunisian criminal and the leader of a Human Trafficking ring which specializes in smuggling children. The conflicts in North Africa giving him a steady supply of victims, Gafsa sets up his latest base just outside Vigata. Smuggling the children into Sicily on fishing boats, through a local Loan Shark, he blackmails a paramedic to act as his courier, taking them to an abandoned tuna factory to be processed, under the guard of his vicious goons. Gafsa then sells the children for illegal adoptions; The Mafia; pedophiles; and, for the healthiest children, to be harvested for their organs. Originally having tasked the notorious fugitive Ernesto Errera to manage things in Vigata for him, Gafsa eventually has Errera drowned and arrives to personally take over in preparation for the latest, largest shipment of children. When one eight-year-old boy manages to escape, Gafsa, to ensure his activities remain secret, has the boy fatally run over. Upon Montalbano attempting to rescue the children, a furious Gafsa almost kills him.