Peter Jacobsen, playing defense attorney Randolph J. Dworkin in this episode, had a previous recurring role in seasons 13 & 14 of SVU. That character, Bart Ganzel, was the leader of a prostitution ring in a turf war with Delia Wilson; the first episode in the multi-episode storyline was Rhodium Nights (2012), Season 13 episode 23.
Fin's scene in Havana marks the first SVU episode in which we see a detective out of the country since season 4 episode 15, Pandora (2003) in which Elliot Stabler travels to Czech Republic.
Ryan Buggle is the 3rd actor to play Noah.
In one scene, Rollins mentions that during the initial investigation, she found Marks charming enough that she could have potentially been one of his victims. Before getting the role of Rollins, Kelli Giddish played a rape victim in season eight's "Outsider (2007)".
This is Michael Chernuchin's first episode as showrunner of SVU.