The Ambassador
Thank you very much, sir.
Hello, everybody. It's a pleasure to
be with you warm, wonderful people.
My name is Mr. Cortzen.
I'm a businessman, I'm a diplomat.
I make matches.
Soon I'm going
to the Central African Republic -
- to represent
the interests of Liberia there.
I hope you will pray to God
to watch over me there.
It is a dangerous place, but I will
do my best to accomplish my mission.
Praised be the Lord, and
it's wonderful to be with you today.
I hope to see you again soon.
- Hey, Mads.
- Colin, nice to see you.
- Likewise, likewise.
- Let's go.
- Wow!
- This here...
- This is...
- It's like a castle.
Leave our jackets,
because it's going to be quite hot.
I'd appreciate it if you left your
mobile phone. I'm going to leave mine.
- And your bag. Just leave everything.
- Yes, okay.
I've asked you to leave
your mobile phone and everything -
- because I don't want
this conversation to be recorded.
This conversation that
we're about to have never happened.
I have a good feeling -
- that your interest in the Central
African Republic goes deeper.
I think that your goal is -
- you want to have uncluttered access
with diplomatic credentials -
- in and out
of a diamond-producing zone.
- That as well.
- Okay.
From this point
there's no going back.
Here ends my life
as a Danish journalist.
What awaits me is a life
known to man -
a respectable member of society.
A life where I can indulge myself
- enjoy red carpet treatment -
- and travel the world
with a suitcase full of diamonds.
What I'm talking about is, of course,
a life as an African diplomat.
Welcome to the
Central African Republic (CAR).
I'm having sundowners
- overlooking the capital Bangui.
a diplomatic passport which says -
- I'm the Liberian consul
and ambassador at large to the CAR.
As such, I did my very best
to represent Liberia.
On behalf of Liberia, I'd like
to welcome you all to this soiree.
To be frank with you,
I'm not a very skilled diplomat.
- I'm bad at protocol.
- Mads is not a talented diplomat.
But I'm very good with alcohol,
which I hope you will appreciate.
How did I become a diplomat in the
CAR? The story begins in Portugal.
Here on the outskirts of the town of
Coimbra reside the Evans brothers -
- a second-generation British
- headed by the oldest brother -
commando Colin Evans.
A white European with a reason to
travel back and forth out of Europe -
- to a diamond-producing country
in Africa -
- and back again on a regular basis
with diplomatic credentials -
- is a very, very,
And I know exactly how valuable it is.
I could put that up on the brokerage
as a definition.
For a million euros
it would go in a week.
Working as a freelance diplomat -
- Colin Evans inhabits a highly
bizarre unchartered netherworld.
For lots of money
he brokers diplomatic titles -
- between cash-starved,
desperate third world countries -
- and people
who desire to become diplomats.
My concern is this:
If there is any monetary transaction -
- between you and me
or you and the brokerage -
- and you do get involved
in anything that is nefarious -
- it will come back on us badly.
And we're frankly not prepared
to take the risk on that.
But we have a plan.
Not wanting to put my eggs in one
basket, I contacted another broker -
- the Dutchman Willem Tijssen.
He met me in a hotel in Copenhagen
Did you have a nice flight?
That's great.
- I didn't have to do it myself.
- So it's a success already.
Tijssen represents a brokerage
called Diplomatic Services.
He's the go-to guy
for diplomatic positions -
- from the small, poor
West African country Liberia -
after many years of civil war.
Willem says he works for a secretive,
highly influential power broker -
named Dr. Eastman.
I don't know exactly what he's doing.
He has extremely big influence -
- into heads of states.
How mysterious.
I really like the name Dr. Eastman.
It has a spy thriller ring to it.
- A spy! Don't think he is a spy.
- No, no, it's just the name.
He is very close to...
You know, in the world -
- you have the underworld,
the criminals -
- you have the upper world
where we live, business people -
- and the back world, the people
who are very influential -
- who actually most of the time
pull the strings.
Tijssen was sure he could set me up
as a Liberian diplomat to the CAR.
This would cost me $135,000, but
the full package would also include -
- an honorary MBA
from Monrovia University -
- as well as
a Liberian driver's license.
We discussed all the opportunities
I could have as an African diplomat.
You can travel with your suitcase
with $10 million in cash.
But a consul
or an ambassador can do that.
If you are going to do
what I think you're going to do...
If you do it the way
we will set you up to do it -
- you have a very high probability
of success.
If you do it any other way -
- the best that you can hope for
is to be arrested and go to jail -
- and lose everything you've got.
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