A Danish lawyer, whose name was released today with the permission of the judicial authorities, is being prosecuted for her involvement in money laundering, specifically an amount of more than 4.3 million euros, and for her laundering of almost 210,000 euros in connection with the organized crime.

Denmark’s Eastern District Court of Appeal (Østre Landsret) has lifted a publication ban on the name of Liz Roulund, whose fraud activities are featured in a documentary series called “The Black Swan”, (“Den sorte svan” in Danish), they reported the local media who were in court.

The five-episode documentary series, which aired in the spring, describes the relationships between organized crime and lawyers, businessmen and contractors. The Danish lawyer appears as a consultant to a gang, the Bandidos, as they are called in this series.

The bar association filed suit against her for alleged complicity in money laundering, disclosure of classified information and abuse of power.

In early September, the police’s special financial crime unit (NSK) announced, without naming her, that she had been charged with “allowing 33 million kroner (more than 4.3 million euros) to pass through the accounts of of its own clients without making sure the money did not come from criminal activity” between May 2021 and October 2022.

The lawyer is also suspected of “laundering a total of 2.4 million kroner (210,000 euros) by transferring it to hide or disguise the illegal origin of the money,” NSK had clarified.

Using a hidden camera brought by his informant, the lawyer Amira Smadzic, the television network TV2 revealed in the documentary series numerous cases of fraud and serious crimes such as money laundering.

Smajic had tried to prevent the show from airing, arguing that it posed a serious threat to her life.

The Supreme Court had ultimately refused to accept her request, considering that the subject of the documentary “is of great social interest”.

This visibility has led to the strengthening of controls and ongoing investigations.

One indicted lawyer, Nikolai Dir, has already been disbarred from the bar.