Insider - Episode Guide

It is easier than you might think to bring large consignments of illegal goods into Norway. Insider has joined a smuggling gang on the move, and can for the first time reveal how they work - from the inside.

The doping market has exploded in Norway and become a billion-dollar industry. Illegal trading of anabolic steroids leads to increased violence, and the consequences of the abuse are formidable. We get to meet one of the victims of doping, a mastermind and a group of men who are fighting a lonely battle against the ever-growing doping industry in Norway.

Bastøy Norway's most dangerous prisoners live in detached houses with sea views and the beach a stone's throw away. Environments most of us can only dream of. As the first documentary team in this country, Insider was allowed inside Bastøy, among drug convicts, murderers and rapists.

The police define NOKAS robber Metkel Betew as one of the most powerful masterminds in the Norwegian underworld. Now he is serving time at Ila and holds what is probably the Norwegian record for sitting in solitary confinement. In tonight's programme, Betew talks for the first time about his wild criminal life and reveals what he will become when he gets out.

In his time, Ingemar Lillevold was convicted in a serious rape case against three Russian women, in tonight's program he is released for the first time in ten years. The court believes he is dangerous to those around him, but lets him go anyway, without anyone there to look after him. We also follow the doormen in Oslo at work in a city where violence is constantly escalating and new precautions must be taken.

Think CSI, for real. Forensic technician Reidar Nilsen is one of the foremost in Scandinavia, and now he tells his story from working with the biggest disasters and most extensive murder cases Norway has seen. In addition, we publish the police's own recordings from the Scandinavian Star accident. Footage that has never been shown before.

Thousands of Norwegian women are stalked by unknown men. Stalking is very widespread, but a problem rarely prioritized by the police. Insider has followed a security company that specializes in shielding the persecuted and tracking down the stalker. See how they work - from the inside.

Today, there are an unknown number of strip clubs in this country, which together have a turnover of several tens of millions. After the new sex purchase law was introduced, the market for naked ladies has increased. In just a few years, stripping has grown to become a major industry in Norway. For the first time, we reveal how the clubs operate - from the inside.

The story of Moland and French has been widely discussed in the media. But for the first time, the missionary Rune Edvardsen tells his story as the mastermind behind the game to get the two back to Norway.

Mixed Martial Arts is a martial art that has been heavily criticized for its violence.

A pedophile Oslo psychologist admits his abuse - face to face with his victim. For several decades, the police have been investigating a network of pedophile men in Norway. Some have been convicted, others have escaped.

Never before has more hashish been smuggled into Norway. While the customs service reports record seizures, the smugglers themselves believe that the battle against drugs is lost as long as no one does anything about the producer link. In tonight's Insider, we seek out the lawless Rif mountains in Morocco together with a former smuggler, to find out where all the hash comes from.

The Kriminalvakta in Oslo is the country's busiest investigative department. In a few minutes, the investigators here have to change their minds from dramatic fires to shocking suicides. While the Norwegian people's trust in the police has eroded, life in the police continues undeterred. Insider has followed life at Krimvakta - from the inside.

The import of diamonds to Norway is increasing. People have more money in their hands than ever, the trade in precious stones has skyrocketed. The market for diamonds has also cultivated an illegal market, where precious stones find their way to Norway under the radar of the customs authorities. Insider travels to the gemstone mecca Dubai and Antwerp together with a diamond smuggler and we follow the illegal smuggling into Norway.

When the dog patrol in Oslo moves out, it's always serious. Where the policemen's abilities and skills stop, the dogs are put in with their powerful bites and extreme noses. The dog patrol in Oslo has the country's best trained special dogs, dogs that smell both bombs, semen, drugs and money. Besides, the dogs are the police officers' best protection.

He has brought home drug-convicted women in Bolivia and kidnapped children in Spain, Eastern Europe and Africa. Martin Waage and ABP World group have the whole world as a workplace. In tonight's Insider, he comes forward with his story and we get to follow Waage's agents at work.

There are over 100,000 illegal reptiles in Norway. The environment that deals with illegal reptiles must stay off the police radar, what they do is forbidden. But even though many of them are passionate about their animals and pursue this as their biggest hobby in life, there are also those who should never have kept reptiles in their custody. In tonight's Insider, we go inside the reptile environment in Norway and we uncover how the animals are smuggled into Norway.

In Norway, a very active sadomasochistic environment has existed for several decades. In tonight's Insider, this environment opens its doors, and for the first time on Norwegian TV we get to hear what drives these people and what they themselves think about their sexual drive.

There is an unknown and fierce competition between Norwegian gangsters and African criminals for the cocaine market in Oslo. In tonight's Insider, we follow some young guys who want to establish themselves as cocaine sellers, and a former big seller. The supply of cocaine is greater than ever in the capital. Within minutes, anyone can get a dose.

We are the world's richest nation, but the worst in the class when it comes to securing our values. Foreign criminals flock to Norway to rob us. In tonight's Insider, the former grand thief Tony shows us how easy it is to commit burglaries and shoplifting in this country, and how we can better protect ourselves with simple means.

Tens of thousands of liters of alcohol are smuggled into Norway from Poland every single week. Beer and spirits are sold anywhere and at any time by so-called alcohol taxis - also to minors. Behind it all is a well-organized mafia. Insider travels to Poland to track down the masterminds behind the extensive smuggling.

In recent times, the environment in and around Skippergata in central Oslo has been the haunt of many of the capital's shadiest environments. Insider spends a day in this street to meet the people who live here, both for better and for worse. We also meet one of Kongsvinger's local dealers and join him when he travels to Skippergata to buy heroin to be sold on in his hometown. The day ends with Insider's reporter suddenly being caught in a violent gang fight.

The Norwegian special forces are considered some of the best in the world. For the first time, a TV team has been allowed to follow the recording of one of the Norwegian Armed Forces' special departments.

The Norwegian special forces are considered some of the best in the world. For the first time, a TV team has been allowed to follow the recording of one of the Norwegian Armed Forces' special departments: the Paratroopers. Part 2 of 2.

Approximately 1,600 people are reported missing in Norway every year. Of these, only a few do not make it. Of the unsolved cases, many have disappeared abroad.

According to the police, a small group of criminals are responsible for a very large proportion of crime in Oslo. In this program you get the opportunity to get to know some of the people who live in this environment. A group the police call professional criminals.

From being a relatively innocent small town at the end of the sixties, Oslo has developed into a criminal metropolis.

Insider documents the strong existence of two Norwegian women who make a living selling sex.

Recently, there has been a lot of focus on the use of hash among young people. In this episode of Insider, we get to know a central source within the distribution of hash in Norway.

For three seasons, Insider has met people who smuggle everything from alcohol and tobacco to reptiles, diamonds and anabolic steroids into Norway. In this episode, we join the customs officers in hunting smugglers.

The street drug trade in Oslo is dominated by Africans, but higher up in the hierarchy Norwegians are in control. "Insider" has gained access to both the upper and lower parts of the drug trade in the capital.

Insider joins adventurer and journalist Johnny Haglund as he seeks out cocaine producers in the South American jungle.

Insider training of a paratrooper squad at Rena Leir last season. Now the class will graduate and we will be able to witness the graduation ceremony.

When the tsunami hit Asia in 2004, Insider's reporter, Kjetil Johnsen, filmed the first Norwegian ID team that went to Thailand. Now, 10 years later, he meets again two of the policemen he met at the time.

Behind many advertisements for prostitution in Norway hides something completely different from prostitutes. Men who order sex are often met with surprise by criminals who use the information to make their lives difficult.

Drugs are not only smuggled into Norway, they are also smuggled out. Insider follows a Norwegian who transports illegal drugs from Gardermoen to sell to contacts in London.

The Telemark battalion is the core of the Army's rapid reaction force, which means continuous NATO readiness. Insider follows the battalion's most powerful unit, the tank squadron, and shows unpublished footage from the division's battles in Afghanistan.

The use of private investigators has exploded in recent years. Desperate families, suspicious spouses and employers looking for unfaithful servants spend thousands of kroner to reveal the truth. In tonight's Insider, we have been with three private investigators at work.

Nygårdsparken in Bergen has been referred to as Northern Europe's largest open drug scene. It is also the hotbed for a large part of crime in Western Norway.

There are major changes in the Norwegian police, and the patrols on the streets face a new and more brutal crime scene than just a few years ago. At the same time, both the terrorist act on 22 July and the triple murders in Årdal showed that preparedness in the districts is lacking. During the most demanding missions, all police districts have specially trained emergency units that deal with the situation. Insider has been allowed to follow one of these local units as they prepare for armed actions and terrorist attacks in their district.

Heavy alcohol consumption and illegal drugs create erratic and dangerous people. Serious violence is a serious problem in the capital. In this episode of Insider, you will see how things can go wrong when you are in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Last season, Insider followed the closure of the Nordic region's largest open rush arena: Nygårdsparken in Bergen. Now Insider is traveling back to investigate the conditions a year later.

In Insider, we meet one of the country's heaviest criminals, who for the first time comes forward with his story. Audun is caught in a web of deadly criminals. In tonight's Insider, he meets his own past when his case goes to court.

There is a group of habitual criminals Norwegians with clipping cards in prison.

More and more Norwegians are investing in property abroad, but for many the house dream is crushed, either because they are deceived or because other surprises arise.

Cars are stolen in Norway and transported to criminal markets in Lithuania controlled by organized criminal networks. The vehicles are dismantled and the parts are sold on the open market. The profit is up to four times higher when selling parts than when selling whole vehicles. We decided to go to Lithuania to find out more about how this business, which in terms of money is bigger than the drug trade, works.

Insider follows the special department in the Norwegian Armed Forces on sharp missions on land and at sea, when they clear mines before they are triggered and harm civilians.

Every year, up to 700 people disappear in Oslo alone. In the capital, there is a separate missing persons group.

Just before Christmas, prostitute Galina Sandeva was brutally killed on Bispekaia in Oslo. In the months before the murder, a team from Insider followed Galina and the environment around her.

Journalist Stein Morten Lier follows professional fraudsters who steal Norwegian luxury cars and smuggle them out of the country.

This is the second of two programs where journalist Stein Morten Lier follows professional fraudsters who steal Norwegian luxury cars and smuggle them out of the country.

In this episode, the editors take us to Pattaya, where journalist Atle Evang Reinton has met the players in the sex industry in the city.

Right-wing extremists, anti-immigrants, Nazis... In this episode we meet the people who not only stand for these opinions on a personal level, but who go so far as to shout them out loud - on the streets, in actions, at demonstrations, for everyone who wants to hear, and for those who don't want to hear too. We meet Ronny Alte and Sian, who are on the "kinder" side of this environment, and hope that they can take us further into the dark woods of the big guys.

What destinies remain after foreign service? Insider meets veterans with different stories and gets access to authentic material from acts of war.

Cato Solberg disappeared six years ago and the case is still unsolved. Through the episode about the Savnet group at the police, Insider got in touch with Cato's family. Now presenter Atle Evang Reinton will try to use his network to find out more about the disappearance.

In recent years, an ancient drug from the Amazon has started to appear in Norway. It is called "jungle wine", but is actually called Ayahuasca. The intoxication this substance gives can be compared to LSD or wild mushrooms, but is considered even more powerful. Now this jungle wine has become popular within alternative environments with roots going back to the 60's New Age movement. Insider joins Roy, who is a former criminal and convict, on a journey down to a shaman in the Netherlands, where they meditate and drink Ayahuasca in ceremonies.

They work late nights, have to deal with drunk people and they are constantly at risk of violent nightlife guests. The drinking culture in Norway ensures that the pubs overflow with drunk people every weekend, and it is the doormen's job to look after them. They have to act like responsible adults so it doesn't slip out, and they make themselves unpopular every single night by refusing people entry. Half of all violent episodes in Oslo happen at weekends and involve drunk or intoxicated people. As a doorman, you have to be prepared for the possibility that the door may strike at any time. Who wants a job like that? In tonight's episode, Insider and presenter Stein Morten Lier enters the doorman environment in Oslo.

Insider follows Gunnar Børresen, a former detective in special operations in the Oslo police, now a pirate hunter. We are with him during the hunt for criminal masterminds who run the illegal sale of TV channels on a large scale. The online criminal networks have become increasingly professional over time, and despite the enormous sums that go to this type of fraud every year, not particularly large resources have been devoted to stopping this crime.

From the deadly cocaine farmers in Peru from last season, the adventurer and photographer Johnny Haglund now wants to show Insider a part of the capital he has explored for the past ten years, and that's all that happens under Oslo. On the way we meet some young "urban explorers" from the Oslo underground and together with this group we explore Oslo's unknown underground up close.

In 2014, the renowned and experienced police officer Eirik Jensen was charged with gross corruption and the importation of 13 tonnes of hashish in collaboration with his informant Gjermund Cappelen. Before this circus started, Eirik Jensen was one of Norway's most experienced source and informant handlers. How can someone who has fought crime all his life end up being accused and convicted of being a criminal himself? In the season premiere, Insider gets closer to Eirik Jensen, who was sentenced to 21 years in prison in September 2017.

Organized criminals use kiosks and clubs as outlets for the illegal sale of cigarettes, right under the noses of the police. Insider joins in as private investigators attempt to expose the business.

The fatal fire on the Scandinavian Star claimed the lives of 159 people. The investigation showed that it was planted. That makes it the biggest crime in Norwegian history. But 28 years later, the arson remains unsolved. No one knows for sure who lit the fire and why. Insider joins a journey together with the Foundation investigating the arson Scandinavian Star with the aim of finally solving the case.

Imagine a parent's worst nightmare. Someone takes your children and flees far away. Who do you put your trust in? And how do you get them back? In this episode of Insider, we follow an investigator in search of an ethnic Norwegian mother, who has abducted her two children on the run from child welfare.

In this episode, Insider joins Audun, who has been convicted many times, to war-torn Iraq, where he will start a new life and work as a deminer. The question is whether a man who has been a criminal almost all his life is able to put the past behind him.

Only a few years ago, a group of women were hidden on the floor above a pizzeria in the small town of Skarnes and sold on the streets of Oslo. For the first time, Insider has been given unique access to both the accused, the victim and the police. This episode tells a story about one of Norway's worst human trafficking cases.

Norway has received new fighters. As the first Norwegian TV team, Insider has been there when the new F-35 planes fight in the air. The Milliard purchase has been controversial and the debate has raged. What do the planes worth NOK 250 billion do? In tonight's programme, reporter Atle meets the Norwegian pilots undergoing training in the USA, to investigate what we have actually bought.

Trine Frantzen disappeared without a trace in Bergen on the night of 7 May 2004. The case is one of Norway's most mysterious disappearance mysteries, and the body has never been found. Insider has received a new tip in the matter. If the information is correct, it could help solve the 13-year-old mystery.

Trine Frantzen's recovery in 2004 is one of Norway's most mysterious recovery mysteries. The roommate was charged at the time, but was acquitted due to a lack of evidence. Guilty or innocent, many believe he has important information because he was present the night she disappeared. In this continuation from the previous episode, Insider finally gets hold of the roommate, and new clues and, until now, unknown sources emerge, which means that the reporter chooses to stay in Bergen to continue investigating the case.

In the third and final episode of the Trine Frantzen mystery, reporter Atle receives a new tip from a source who claims to know what happened to Trine the night she disappeared. This turns the main theory upside down, and the police are mobilizing for a new investigation. At the same time, several former sources appear and want to talk to Insider.

For the first time, Insider has followed domestic drug trafficking closely. Reporter Atle embarks on a journey that shows us how smuggling within Norway's borders is relatively risk-free, but along the way we also learn that life in this industry is hard and leaves deep scars.

What makes certain people choose to put their lives and health at risk? Kevin is 22 years old and does "buildering", where he climbs on the outside of buildings and on tall cranes. This form of extreme sport is in most cases illegal and has seen enormous growth in social media in recent years. Pål is a few years older, the father of a small child and will soon debut in the ring and have his first MMA fight. Many would argue that MMA is the most extreme form of martial arts and that the athletes gamble with their health in the ring.

There are around one million recreational boats in Norway, which means that almost every fifth Norwegian owns a boat. In recent years, there have been more accidents at sea than on the roads, and an unusually hot summer last year led to a record amount of work for the rescue company. Insider followed life on one of their busiest scooters, Horn Rescue, through the first weekend of the 2018 joint holiday.

From 1999-2004, a robbery gang ravaged Eastern Norway led by David Toska. More than NOK 200 million disappeared from banks, value carriers and counting centres, and the money has never been recovered. Insider has taken a closer look at the unknown story of David Toska, about the banboks break from 2001 which led to him being nicknamed "the mastermind".

Few things engage Norwegians more than the wolf debate. Desperate farmers, angry activists and politicians with an agenda are fueling an already inflamed theme. Insider goes into wolfland to get to know those who love and hate the wolf better.

Insider has several times been in contact with people who smuggle and sell cannabis, and has for several years tried to gain access to those who grow the illegal and controversial plant. Now we finally meet someone who is in the top tier of Norwegian cannabis production and gets access to one of Norway's largest cannabis plantations.

Since 2000, there has not been a single plane accident in Norway, while there have been 67 helicopter accidents in the same period. Insider has met two pilots who have braved the risk and chosen this career path. Linda is a young and promising pilot who works hard to reach the top in the tough industry. John Arne has more than 15 years' experience and is considered one of Europe's best forest fire pilots.

In the summer of 2015, the police smuggled 50 kg of hashish from the Netherlands to Norway. Two years later, three men are prosecuted for the relationship. Now they are fighting a battle to be acquitted in the biggest mafia trial in Norwegian history. Insider has been given unique access to their history. How did these three end up in the middle of the country's biggest mafia trial?

In recent years, the construction industry has become a breeding ground for criminal actors and behind an apparently professional facade hides lousy craftsmanship, fraud and modern slavery. In Trondheim, the industry took action and set up its own investigative group called the Construction Industry's Uropatrulje. Insider meets one of their investigators, who risks his own safety to help the police and other agencies uncover large criminal networks in the construction industry.

Over the course of several seasons, Insider has dug deep into the criminal car industry, but we have yet to meet the big masterminds. In this episode, a fraudster from the past puts us in touch with his former partners who allegedly run an illegal car workshop, where stolen cars are dismantled. Reporter Stein Morten Lier embarks on a trip that ends with him being tricked into rolling around, but in the end gets to see with his own eyes how the criminal workshops operate.

Insider is with one of Norway's most notorious men, the money collector Espen Lee, on a mission. He will try to recover the money of an elderly couple who have been defrauded of over one million kroner. In this episode, you get an exciting insight into Lee's life and business, and get to go abroad in search of a fraudster.

In 1996, Kripos pioneered the use of DNA technology to identify the victims in what is still today the worst plane crash in Norwegian history. 141 people lost their lives on a mountain plateau in Svalbard. The police filmed and documented the demanding work at the accident site. Insider has been given access to Kripos' own video material from the work, and for the first time the unique recordings are now being made public.

Insider has been allowed inside the Home Guard's spearhead, the operational Turks, and gets to know the people who voluntarily sacrifice leisure and family life to practice for crisis and war. We take part in the demanding recruitment exercises that new soldiers have to go through in order to be accepted into the department, and we also get to hear the story from 22 July when the forces were called out and with fully loaded weapons were ready to meet terrorists in the center of Oslo.

Every year, thousands of people are admitted to the Greenland Central Detention Center in Oslo. Some come here to sleep off their intoxication, while others have committed serious criminal acts such as assault, murder and terrorism.

Insider follows Norwegian soldiers on the UN's deadliest mission. Norway contributes to the UN operation with a Hercules transport plane that flies daily to the most violence-ravaged parts of the country.

Marit Strømøy is the only woman in the world top in Formula 1 boat racing. Insider follows "the world's fastest woman on the water" closely during an action-packed WM round in Portugal.

Insider follows Trine Frantzen's son when new information in the case causes the police to turn around a cemetery in search of the remains of the woman who is believed to have been killed.

The drug trade is being moved from the streets and into boys' and girls' rooms. Via the Dark Web, the post office and social media, children take over much of the drug trade.

In this episode, Insider and presenter Stein Morten Lier follows detectives from a private company as they hunt down the masterminds of a gang that deals heavily in smuggled cigarettes. Through the reconnaissance operation, they discover that the gang is also involved in other types of crime, and when the police take action against the suspects, they make a startling discovery.

Young men engage in organized wild driving on public roads. At speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour, playing with your own life and the lives of others.

For nine seasons, Insider has shown you the shadow side of Norwegian society and gained access to various closed environments. One of the cases we have covered is the mysterious disappearance of Cato Solberg, and now the Oslo police's cold case department has taken up this case. On 7 April it will be 30 years since the arson attack on the Scandinavian Star. One of the main theories is that the crew set fire to the ship as part of an insurance scam, and for the first time Insider gets one of the suspects to speak.

Some Norwegian girls risk being killed if they cannot prove they are virgins when they get married. Presenter Penny comes along to Paris, where Norwegian "Maryam" has a so-called hymen operation.

What makes young Norwegians go to war for foreign countries? Presenter Marco joins in when Adrian and Eskild travel from Norway to Ukraine to fight the Russians.

Espen and Iselin post what many would call boring photos and videos on OnlyFans. But what kind of site is this really, and how far are they willing to go for their fans?

Not all people are equally safe in Norway, which is why the ballroom environment is an important free space for transgender and queer people. Presenter Penny gets to know this environment which, among other things, does voguing.

Is it a human right to have sex? And should those with functional challenges get help to have a sex life? Presenter Marco meets some of those who try to highlight this topic, including TikToker Mort1rulle, who uses humor to break taboos.

With our neighboring country at war, disaster is closer than it has been in a long time. Program leader Marco seeks out so-called "preppers", who are prepared to survive alone should the worst happen.

Program leader Tuva Fellman meets one of those who want help to avoid venting their sexual thoughts about children.

What makes an accountant quit his job to work as a dominatrix full time? Penny joins dominatrix Laura in a "dungeon".

How is it possible to make money from getting drunk? Marco visits streamers who have gained fans, financial freedom and drinking alcohol in front of the camera.

As many as one in five Norwegian women have experienced being raped. Nevertheless, very few choose to report the relationship. Penny joins Iris in court.

There is war in Europe, and the Armed Forces' preparedness has been stepped up. Marco joins the border hunters in the north for training.

Penny joins funeral Tiktoker Tor-Håkon at work, and gets to see and care for a dead person for the first time.

Marco meets people who have improved their mental health from using drugs as medicine.

There are 1.4 million single people in Norway, and many are willing to pay a lot of money to find the right one. But is it possible to buy true love?