but "dateline nbc" reviewed an rcmp summary of the mission. an undercover officer approached denis in prince george. he was looking for someone, he said, but didn't know his way around town. denis agreed to help him. about a week later, another question -- would denis like to make some money on the side delivering bags mostly, their contents unknown. no problem, said denis. and bit by bit as days went by, denis became fully involved in what he clearly believed was a criminal gang. after a couple of months by august, he was helping to smuggle illegal cigarettes and kohl. he skpaifr he exchanged stolen diamonds. he even transport guns, or so he thought. >> over time the target is led to believe that he is an up-and-comer in the criminal organization. >> then it got more serious. denis was asked to threaten a man. he did, though he said he didn't like it. and he guarded a hotel room door as an undercover officer savagely beat a woman. denis never suspecting it was all an act. >> these undercover officers, they're amazing actors. and they're descr

. >> every month i would have visit with rcmp.ings they could never tell me very much, but enough to give me at least a little bit of confidence that they might be able to pull this off. >> a.k. and his team considered the undercover operation in mauritius a success. i wasn't enough. they wanted more. why did you go to canada? >> we didn't want him arrested overseas. we wanted him in the country to deal with him in the most efficient way possible. >> in order to get adam in canada, they had to get him there. a.k. had to convince him the fake book deal was real. >> he thinks you are his book agent? >> i'm his book agent. so we were now at the point he was going to meet the publishers. it's difficult to do to send him a plane ticket out of somalia. >> difficult it would turn out? >> you will bring an international kidnapper into canada? >> correct. >> that doesn't sound easy. >> the dichotomy we are usually in the business of keeping them out of the country. >> planning for a kidnapper would take time and threaten the operation. onc

. >> every couple of months i would have in-person visits with the rcmp, and during these meetings, they could never tell me very much, but yenough to gie me at least a little bit of confidence that they might be able to pull this off. >> a.k. and his team considered the undercover operation in mauritius a success, but it wasn't enough. they wanted to get amanda's kidnapper to confess his crimes on canadian soil. >> why did you need him to go to canada? >> we didn't want him to be arrested overseas, so we wanted him in the country so we could deal with him in the most efficient way possible. >> in order to grab adam in canada, they had to get him there. a.k. truly had to convince him the fake book deal was real. >> so he thinks you are his book agent. >> i'm his book agent. so we had now got to the point where he was going to meet the publisher so it was my job then to send him a plane ticket, which is difficult to do if you want to fly somebody out of somalia. >> difficult would be an understatement as it turned out. >> you're going to bring an international kidnapper into canada? >> co