During the 1980s, Wiegand secretly blackmailed a Libyan diplomat into spying on his colleagues. To earn additional money, guards blackmailed and tortured prisoners. It is also learned that Hyde blackmailed Liz into being his accomplice. Naina explains that she and Arjun were blackmailed by someone for their extramarital affair. For several years, Latimer was blackmailed by Cromwell and forced to do his bidding. Andrew blackmailed Gabi into not telling anybody about Melanie. She tells him about how Phelan blackmailed her. Soon, Vassall had been blackmailed and was stealing classified information for the Soviets. Chen denied that he had been blackmailed. Conquest believed Duranty was being blackmailed over his sexual proclivities. Syed is blackmailed and Christian discovers it is Lucy. She is subsequently blackmailed by Oswald Cobblepot. It also alleged that Radeechy was being blackmailed. He was blackmailed for a suitable confession. Chiswell claims to have been blackmailed by Jimmy and hires Strike to investigate.