This miniseries is preceded by Arne Dahl: Europa Blues (2012) and succeeded by the miniseries Arne Dahl: Dödsmässa (2015).
The actor Matias Varela was replaced by the actor Alexander Salzberger in the role of the detective of the special unit Jorge Chavez from this series onward.
The production company "Filmlance International AB" participated in the miniseries. It was distributed by "Film1" in 2015 on limited television in the Netherlands, on "Sveriges Television (SVT)" on television in Sweden, on "Yleisradio (YLE)" in Finland on television and on "Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)" throughout the world.