The Mole – Undercover in North Korea (2020)

Original title

Muldvarpen - Undercover i Nordkorea

Directed by

Mads Brügger

Genre

documentary film, documentary television program

Country

United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Norway

Length

1 season, 3 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

8.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

A former chef and benefits recipient goes undercover to infiltrate a pro-North Korea group. He gains the trust of the group's leader and helps a fake investor create a deal for illegal drugs and weapons with North Korean officials.

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What happens

The Mole: Undercover in North Korea is a 2020 documentary miniseries written and directed by Mads Brügger that managed to record plans of large-scale illegal weapon distributions, methamphetamine laboratories, and money laundering. The series follows Ulrich Larsen, called "the Mole", a former chef living on benefits who spends 10 years infiltrating the Korean Friendship Association (KFA). He quickly rises through the ranks and gains the trust of KFA leader Alejandro Cao de Benós from Spain. Cao de Benós tells the Mole that he is looking for possible investors that are willing to invest in North Korea, despite sanctions against the country. Brügger decides to inject into the story a "Mr James" (Jim Latrache-Qvortrup), pretending to be a possible investor. After a meeting with Cao de Benós about possible sale of drugs and weapons from North Korea, the Mole and Mr. James travel to North Korea, where they sign a contract with North Korea to produce drugs and weapons in another country. Mr James meets the North Koreans officials again in Uganda, where they discuss buying an island in Lake Victoria in Uganda to construct an underground drugs and weapons manufactory, under the disguise of establishing a luxury hotel. The series later won "best documentary" at the Danish Robert Awards in 2021. The filming of the documentary leads Ulrich to North Korea, and around the world, to initiate negotiations of cross-continental Scud missiles, weapons, and methamphetamine between North Korea and a fake businessman. This exposed how North Korea attempts to avoid the strict sanctions placed against the regime. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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