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So far, the operation has gone beyond all expectations.

Amira's office has been a strainer

from which we have filtered out one secret after another.

People from the finer walks of life

and from the underworld

have all been caught on camera and no-one has noticed anything.

That Amira has just made a grave mistake

that will soon spin everything out of control

is unbeknownst to us both

this morning when we meet in a parking garage in Copenhagen.

A few days earlier,

a meeting takes place with a well-known businessman

in the city of Aalborg.

The businessman is - to put it mildly -

an interesting acquaintance.

On the one hand, he is a person of wealth,

with a three-digit million sum at his disposal.

On the other hand, he collects friends in circles

where wealthy people don't usually mingle.

When the businessman mentions "the club" he is talking about

the outlaw bikers Hells Angels

and the conversation quickly turns to some of the most

prominent members of this nefarious fraternity.

Svend Erik Holst, better known as Sven the Pig, convicted of murder.

Last year he was made president of

a chapter of the outlaw biker group Comanches.

Bent Svane Nielsen - also known as Blondie -

high-ranking member of the Hells Angels.

In the 1980s, he was sentenced to 16 years in prison

for a double murder.

Nadim Khan, the head of the Danish branch of Satudarah,

until he recently co-founded the outlaw biker club Comanches MC.

Jorn Jonke Nielsen - convicted of murder

and a former spokesman for the Hells Angels.

A name we absolutely do not want to hear mentioned is

the name of one of the executives of

one of Denmark's largest security companies - Guardian.

With clients such as the police, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

and the shipping giant, Maersk.

It's this very company that has been ready from the get-go

to relocate Amira to a safe house

should she find herself in a tight spot.

The name of the security executive almost pops out of the blue,

as the meeting continues after lunch

in the businessman's office.

And the connection is surprising, to say the least,

precisely because we are talking about

a reputable security guard.

Our worries only get worse

when multiple sources confirm that the security executive

is indeed involved in transporting

huge sums of money to Somalia.

During our research, the police strike against

what they believe to be an extensive money-laundering network,

with links to the Somali community in Denmark.

The men for whom our security executive has been working

is one of several suspected masterminds.

They are being investigated for laundering at least

900 million Danish kroner in cash.

Money which the police suspect is partly connected to drug trafficking

and terror financing.

And a small part of the many millions our security executive himself,

back in 2017,

made sure reached Dubai safely with the help of a money courier.

For his services, Norman Kristiansen was paid in cash exactly

186,000 Danish kroner.

It's against the money-laundering act

to accept such large amounts in cash.

The bank therefore notified the white-collar crime unit

and Norman Kristiansen temporarily lost his security clearance.

In court, both he and his security company

were found guilty of breaching the money-laundering act.

Nothing indicates that our security executive himself

knew about the dubious origin of the money.

But the mere fact that he has embarked on a mission

of this nature

makes Amira feel uneasy.

Neither does it help that he is friends with

and once borrowed money from

the businessman from Aalborg.

We decide for Amira to keep a low profile

while we contemplate how to proceed.

She herself takes it relatively easy.

But then, it's not the first time she's been thrown a curve-ball.

RING TONE

According to Amira, it's the Bandido spy called Fasar

who is threatening her again.

Whether Fasar's anger also this time is kindled

by Amira not obtaining citizenship for his daughter,

or whether it is something else entirely

we do not know.

But he also sends her several emails and writes,

amongst other things,

"What you are doing will backfire.

"This is your last chance to meet with me tomorrow,

"otherwise I'll show up at your home address

"and then you will have nothing more to explain."

Apparently, now Fasar has made good on his threat,

but Amira won't follow the plan we've laid out for her.

AMIRA HANGS UP

We dispatch a security guard to Amira's address,

but when he arrives, Fasar is nowhere to be seen.

The security guard remains in the area.

Once again, we encourage Amira relocate to the safe house

we have prepared for her for a situation just like this.

The next day, it turns out that Amira has solved the situation

in her own quite disturbing way.

When the name Wassem rings a bell

it's because we've met him before.

The first time in front of a coffee shop

at the very beginning of the project.

Back then, Wassem - being a seasoned street-gang member -

came off as anything but a guardian angel for Amira.

She was clearly shaken after the meeting.

So it makes absolutely no sense to us

that it is now him that she reaches out to as a lifeline

when she feels threatened.

Amira's explanation does not alter our gut feeling -

something is not quite right.

We need to learn more about her so-called players,

especially the mysterious Wassem.

We know that Wassem was supposed to be the owner

of the kebab restaurant Boy's, Christianshavn.

The one he said he wanted the lawyer Nicolai Dyhr to close down.

But the name Wassem is nowhere to be found in the company register.

Instead a certain Tamer Kibar is mentioned in the records.

We revisit the meetings with Dyhr

and discover that it is actually this name

and not Wassem which he mentions.

Our suspicion begins to form

and it grows when we closely study the only photo we have of Wassem,

because on the chest of his T-shirt,

there are two letters printed - TK.

A source also confirms it -

Wassem's real name is Tamer Kibar.

Having discovered his real name, there are more leads to follow.

And it turns out that Tamer Kibar -

both before and during the project -

had an address registered at Amira's home.

Many questions arise.

Some of the answers we get when we learn

that Amira has made a rather decisive mistake...

..which takes us back to the meeting with the businessman in Aalborg.

Here, Amira was equipped with an additional sound recorder,

which was empty when she handed it back to us.

If Amira is indeed laundering money in cahoots with Tamer Kibar,

it's a clear breach of the contract we made with her.

Ja.

Money laundering is not the only possible breach of contract

because in the deleted sound recording

Amira also suggests something that most of all sounds like blackmail.

The target being the businessman

she had just been to Aalborg to meet with.

Exactly what Amira intends to blackmail or manipulate the businessman with

remains a bit murky.

But the most disturbing part is the way she plans to do it.

Journalistic principles call for us to confront Amira with our discovery

as soon as possible so we can get an explanation.

At the same time, there's the need to consider the safety

of the editorial staff,

because how will Amira and Tamer Kibar react

when they discover that we are in the know?

He has been convicted of illegal possession of a firearm

and has previously spoken about killing people.

Add to the mix that even a seasoned Bandidos biker like Fasar

apparently backs off when Tamer Kibar is involved.

After careful consideration, we decide that safety comes first.

We will therefore postpone telling Amira what we know.

In the meantime, we invite her in for an interview

to give her the opportunity to tell us the truth of her own accord.

Ja.

Mm-hm.

Soon after Amira has left the studio,

our producer calls with ominous news.

He has just spotted the person it's all about,

Tamer Kibar,

walking around outside the premises.

The ancient Romans did not believe that black swans existed for real.

Hence, the expression "a black swan" today describes a landmark event

that no-one expected would occur.

It's safe to say that Amira is a black swan,

but the rare bird has proven difficult to tame.

Six months have passed while editing our footage.

We are almost ready to confront Amira with our knowledge.

We just need to show her the first three episodes

that are now finished.

It's important for us to learn

if she thinks it was worth the effort

before her opinion is most likely marked by

the difficult conversation that lies ahead.

SHOW PLAYS ON TV

A few days before we are to meet with Amira again,

this time to confront her,

she beats us to it with a call to our producer.

We have no idea how she figured out what was about to happen

but now she demands that the whole project be shut down.

This is the last time we speak directly with Amira.

From here on, all communication runs through her various lawyers.

Suddenly, she rejects the security plan

that a new security company has prepared

for when she has to step into the limelight,

despite the fact that it was made according to her own wishes.

We don't know why she has chosen to break the rules of engagement,

why she lied about Tamer Kibar from the beginning,

and not least, how much he knows about her collaboration with us.

To sum it up, we are left with a story

that has taken an unexpected turn,

compared to the story we set out to tell two years ago.

Amira has left us in a bind.

On the one hand, she, fully aware of the risks involved,

has chosen to carry out dangerous undercover work

which has exposed a side of Denmark very few people know about.

At the same time, it appears as if

she herself has been caught in the act,

committing the very same crimes that she said

she wanted to go up against.

Now she no longer wants the TV series to be aired,

and even threatens the editorial staff.

The security situation for all involved makes it tricky business.

But the solution can only be that the series has to be broadcasted.

It's too important to keep away from the public.

As Amira realises that we are not closing down the project,

she finally chooses to accept the security package

we have made available for her.

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Thus, it's out in the open.

But the story of the Black Swan does not end here.

Because in the ensuing days, the phones start ringing.

It turns out that while Amira was manning our office,

she had a secret office on the side in a suburb of Copenhagen.

She continued to be in contact with several of the clients

from our office.

The lawyer Lise Roulund,

and the businessman Nabil Boallal.

Other customers are new,

and the question is whether she, together with them,

has taken a plunge back into the element of crime.

Several of her customers have paid hundreds of thousands of krone

to a company which, according to our information,

is part of a million turnover money laundering operation.

These transfers were made in the very same weeks

when Amira, together with Tamer Kibar,

in a deleted audio recording,

talked about the delivery of lots of money in cash.

The ways of the black swan are inscrutable,

and we will probably never come close to an exhaustive understanding

of the phenomenon that is Amira.

But we have to make a final attempt.

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