SOKO is a German (ZDF) and Austrian (ORF) police procedural television series franchise.
"SOKO" is an abbreviation of the German word Sonderkommission, which means "special investigative team".
Launched in 1978 under the title SOKO 5113 (changed to SOKO München in 2015), the original series ran for forty-two years, until 2020.
The first spin-off of SOKO München was a twelve-part series named Solo für Sudmann, launched in 1997.
This was followed by various SOKO series based in different cities in Germany and Austria.