The Black Swan

In 2017, when Danish police began investigating a massive tax fraud scheme, no one could have imagined the scope of what they would uncover. For a decade, a group of financiers, lawyers, and international speculators had designed a mechanism to illegally siphon off more than 2 billion euros from Denmark’s public coffers, in what would become known as the Dividend Tax Fraud case.

In the financial true crime The Black Swan, former criminal gang lawyer Amira Smajic teams up with filmmaker Mads Brügger to infiltrate Danish organized crime, transforming her former consulting office into a trap with hidden cameras. For months they filmed gangsters, corrupt professionals, and money-laundering networks, but the investigation takes a twist when Amira deceives the journalists themselves.

Turned into the most-watched documentary in Denmark’s history, The Black Swan is both a tense portrait of organized crime and a reflection on betrayal and the limits of journalism. This four-part docuseries unfolds, with the pace of a real thriller, the story of this global scandal that shook European financial institutions. With privileged access to witnesses, investigators, and journalists, the series reveals how this intricate network operated and how it was possible to deceive entire governments for years. A unique chance to discover on the big screen a case that proves reality can surpass any fiction.

The screening of the first episode of The Black Swan is part of the new edition of Miniput, the annual showcase of quality public television, held this year within the framework of the Serielizados festival.