Cheng Zhuxin glanced at Ling Hao and said, "Have you heard of the 'Octopus' organization? That's right. After all, you also make a living in the water, so it's not surprising that you've heard of them. When it comes to crimes at sea, except for some
In addition to the most vicious pirates in the area, there is the "Octopus" organization. They conduct various smuggling of illegal drugs, weapons trafficking, human and organ smuggling, art and rare animal trafficking, high seas gambling, etc. through sea routes.
Wait, they do all sorts of evil deeds. Their tentacles involve more than fifty countries in Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, America, Europe, Australia, and Africa, and they even collude with local criminal gangs or people in power. They have huge power and intricate criminal networks. They are one of the top ten countries in the world.
One of the major criminal organizations."
Ling Hao looked at Cheng Zhuxin: "Is your mission to destroy this organization?"
Cheng Zhuxin rolled her eyes at him and said: "I would like to, but you have to have that ability. I estimate that if you want to destroy this organization, you will have to get support from dozens of countries, dispatch tens of thousands of police, and even use the army.
What we can do at the moment is to cut off part of their criminal chain. We have to eat our food one bite at a time. Aren't they octopuses? Cut off all their tentacles one by one, and it's time to finally attack them."
Ling Hao nodded: "I understand, so what are we going to do this time?"
Cheng Zhuxin put a book of information in front of Ling Hao and said: "Look at this, what we are going to target this time is one of the tentacles of the 'Octopus'. Its boss is nicknamed 'Angel Shark', and it is the 'Octopus'."
'The existence of the sixth oldest person in China controls a criminal gang that specializes in using underwater channels for smuggling."
Ling Hao was startled and asked: "Lao Liu? How many brothers do they have in total?"
Cheng Zhuxin smiled: "It seems that I have to explain to you again. The reason why 'Octopus' is called this is because it has eight criminal organizations under its command that are fighting independently but are inextricably linked to each other.
The second one is called 'Chicken Cone Snail' and his main activities are in the 'Andaman Sea' and the 'Bay of Bengal', very close to the 'Golden Triangle'. You can guess what he does, right? The third one is called 'Clown Fish' and his main activities are
In the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the South Pacific, next to Colombia and Mexico, it does the same thing as the cone snail. The fourth child is called the Sea Cucumber, and it lives in the Mediterranean Sea, the Cape of Good Hope and
In the waters of Southeast Asia, he is engaged in the business of human organs. From supply to sale, he controls the complete industrial chain. Lao Wu, nicknamed "Blue Marlin", operates in all oceans around the world. He is a senior arms dealer, ranging from ammunition to ammunition.
He sells everything from firearms to artillery and fighter planes, and has close ties with many warlord leaders in South America and Africa. The sixth 'Angel Shark' not only makes money by smuggling art, antiques, various gems, and luxury cars, but also raises
A group of people called "explorers" who are actually "grave robbers" dug graves for him and stole funerary objects. He usually operates in East Asia and Southeast Asia, but his sales network is concentrated in Europe and North America. He is nicknamed Lao Qi
'Whale Shark' is a gambling boat operator on the high seas. He operates about 40 luxury gambling boats around the world. Because it is not illegal to organize gambling on the high seas, this person is not, strictly speaking, a business owner.
He is not considered a criminal, so he does not remain anonymous like the other seven people. This is a Japanese in his fifties, named Akihiro Ishikawa. The eighth child is called "Mermaid", no one has seen her, but the nickname seems to be
She is a woman, one of the largest human traffickers in the world, who specializes in abducting and selling women, and then smuggles them by sea to developed countries such as North America and Europe, where she is forced into the skin and flesh trade."
Ling Hao listened to Cheng Zhuxin's long speech and suddenly asked: "You seem to have left their boss behind."
Cheng Zhuxin nodded and said: "Among the 'Octopus', apart from their leader, the most mysterious one is probably their boss. We only know that this person is nicknamed 'Narwhal', and he leads a group of high-level spies. According to
The CIA's intelligence shows that they should be responsible for the security work of the 'Octopus' organization. They have been engaged in criminal activities such as intelligence collection, theft, infiltration, lurking, and assassination all year round. They are a group of ruthless desperadoes. There is unclear intelligence that shows that,
They also undertake this kind of work for external parties, charging very high fees, and never fail. I don't know if it is true. So, 'Octopus' is a huge international criminal organization, and it is not something we can covet casually. This time
We are only responsible for the 'Angel Shark' matter, I don't have the detailed information about others."
Ling Hao nodded. Over the years, he had been investigating the "Octopus" organization for a long time because of his pursuit of his father's affairs. Although he did not find a clear connection or evidence between this organization and his father's murder, during the investigation
It was always found that there seemed to be inextricably linked and secretly connected between the two. Ling Hao's intuition told him that his father's affairs were most likely related to this organization.
This time the "Angel Shark" was targeted by Interpol, it was actually no accident. The case file provided by Cheng Zhuxin showed that in 2014, at an auction in Singapore by Christie's auction house, a piece of blue and white porcelain from Jingdezhen Guan Kiln from the Chenghua Period of the Ming Dynasty was sold.
The bottle was auctioned for a high price of 4.8 million U.S. dollars. However, when the collector who took the auction completed the payment procedures and was about to take back the porcelain bottle, the auction house discovered that the bottle had been stolen. What is even more bizarre is that this thing was found in "
When the Pengcheng Marine Police investigated a group of smuggled cars, they were found in the trunk of one of them.
Coincidentally, a sapphire necklace auctioned by Sotheby's in Tokyo in 2017 was stolen. Half a year later, the media photographed the necklace appearing on the neck of a female star in Hong Kong. It turned out to be her wealthy godfather.
Bought at underground auction.
As of 2021, there have been as many as a dozen cases of such expensive artworks being stolen in other places over time, basically all in East Asia, and most of the final destinations of these items are China. This is also
The reason why China's Interpol took the lead in handling this case.
Cheng Zhuxin said: "According to our careful reconnaissance, this kind of thing was indeed done by people from the 'Angel Shark'. He has two 'big thieves' under him who can steal the auction items from the auction house's vault. These first
Not to mention, the most puzzling thing is how they transported these stolen goods into China. Whether it is by land, sea or air, customs and border inspections are very strict, and even smuggling is unlikely, so we
I suspect they have an underwater smuggling channel."
Ling Hao's eyes widened and he asked in shock: "Use a submarine? Are today's criminals so sophisticated?"
"You guessed it, after we sought help from the military, we discovered that the other party had a mini-submarine that was only over 4 meters long. It was not much larger than a torpedo. If the military monitoring network did not search for it purposefully, it would not be able to find it at all.
found."
"Isn't the matter simple? Why don't you ask the military to send out 'frogman' troops to solve this matter?"
Cheng Zhuxin smiled awkwardly and said: "They do have some concerns. This is a case investigated by Interpol. Among the colleagues on the task force are Japanese, Singaporeans, and Americans. Our special forces are already in a kind of situation.
It was kept secret, and the Interpol colleagues were unwilling to let the military go out alone to fight against criminals and had to participate in the operation, so the matter was stuck. Fortunately, the military gave me Mr. Li’s contact information and told me that you
It will definitely solve this matter perfectly.”
Ling Hao understood. He rolled his eyes at Cheng Zhuxin and said, "I finally understand. This matter is not just as simple as diving. It is inevitable to use force underwater, and you have to bring a group of people who may not even be able to dive."
Are you going to join the rookies who don’t know how to do it?”
Cheng Zhuxin nodded awkwardly, and then said with a smile: "I can dive, ow 'Junior Open Water Diver'."
Ling Hao almost carried it on his back. At this level, he was just looking at small fish on the coral reef when traveling. If he wanted to deal with criminals underwater, it was simply a dream.
"The key point is not here. Let me explain first that this matter has nothing to do with you. You think, your Interpol is an international organization, right? The things you deal with are also at the national level, right? Now you have a big difficulty
, the risk is high, and you have to come to me with the task of hauling oil bottles. What kind of organization is I here? It's just a private company. Voluntary labor is good. Isn't it a bit unhuman to 'risk one's life voluntarily'?" Ling
He was frothing at the mouth and going around in circles to express his words.
Cheng Zhuxin finally understood what he wanted to say, her smile was a little colder than before, and she said with a somewhat disappointed look in her eyes: "You are talking about labor fees, right? We know that you are a private company here, and we have no intention of giving it away for free.
You and your team are risking their lives. We have applied for special funds from the headquarters, which are only 200,000 US dollars. Please understand that Interpol's case-handling funds come entirely from membership dues. It is not a for-profit organization. More is available.
We can't afford it. As for risking your life, as police, we will naturally not let civilians rush in front of us. You only need to provide us with help with diving. When you encounter criminals, stay as far away as possible.
Already."
Ling Hao wanted to laugh, but he didn't expect this girl to be angry. He really didn't know whether to call her innocent or low in emotional intelligence. Because of his father's relationship, he could take risks for this matter, but his teammates didn't have this obligation in vain.
Go play with your life.
"Two hundred thousand, just two hundred thousand, I can understand you. But please understand me, we don't have generous pensions and pensions. Even if we die for the country, no one will cover our urns with flags.
My team members are as important as my family to me, and you and I can devote ourselves to fighting crime with a sense of justice, but can we ask our families to devote themselves with us?"
Hearing Ling Hao's words, Cheng Zhuxin sighed softly and said: "I'm sorry, I didn't think carefully and was a little unkind."
Ling Hao smiled and said: "Let's just say it, business is business, and business is business. We people have also experienced big storms. Although we use money to do things, if we really encounter adversity, you can definitely leave it to us."
." That's enough for this reason. As for Cheng Zhuxin not believing it, it is beyond Ling Hao's control.
"Do you have an action plan? When will we start working?" Ling Hao brought the topic back to the mission.
Cheng Zhuxin also withdrew his thoughts and quickly took out a map and began to explain: "According to the tip, it is very likely that a batch of smuggled art will enter the Pearl River Estuary from here in three days..."