The Blacklist

Chapter 121 There is a problem with Anika Company
"So, Reddington used our SER to get rid of Ruslan, the out-of-control collaborator, and regain the initiative in the business in the region!" Cooper said, "He is so calculating! He figured out that we can't just ignore the kidnapping of Americans overseas!"

Carrie was amused and spread his hands and said, "Harold, Reddington should think so. So do you care or not?"

"Of course I have to." Cooper said angrily, "However, this involves overseas law enforcement. I must report it to the department and obtain permission for execution... Richard, are you ready to participate in this case?"

"NO! IRS is just the Internal Revenue Service." Kerry refused. "Besides, the conditions in Uzbekistan are not good at that time. I don't want to suffer there! Let's go, you guys are busy!" After that, he turned around and left.

This made everyone laugh, and they speculated: The reason why Carrie did not participate in this case was probably because he thought he could not collect taxes from it!

In fact, they were all wrong. Carrie wanted to deal with Pete from the secret society as soon as possible. This case would require a long trip abroad, which was a waste of time! —
After SER reported the case to the department, Deputy Minister in charge Wright and CIA Overseas Intelligence Director Hayworth Arnold came to the post office to learn more about the situation.

After listening to Cooper's introduction, Hayworth categorically denied that the kidnapped priest was a CIA agent and said, "If... I mean if, the kidnapped person is really a CIA agent, the CIA also hopes to solve this problem by itself and does not want you FBI or other departments to intervene!"

This style of telling lies with blatant eyes made both Wright and Cooper very angry.

Wright was a short, capable black woman who was able to sit in the position of deputy minister. Naturally, she was not the kind of person who was afraid of trouble. She immediately said, "Whether this Father Bok is a CIA agent or not, he is indeed an American citizen. Since he was kidnapped overseas, it is within the jurisdiction of the FBI... Hayworth, if you admit that he is a CIA agent, I will allow you to participate in the joint operation, but if not, then you have nothing to do with it!"

Hayworth was choked and speechless.

Wright turned around and said, "Cooper, I authorize you to let SER handle this case. The foreign affairs department will provide you with the necessary assistance to rescue the hostages as soon as possible!"

"Yes, ma'am." Cooper admired his current boss and said immediately, "I will send an agent to Tashkent immediately..."

Considering the characteristics of the agents and security issues, Cooper did not let Elizabeth participate this time, but sent Mira, who understands the operation of the CIA, and Nawabi, who has rich experience in overseas missions, led by Donald. Before leaving, Donald said hello to Carrie; Elizabeth, who was left behind as a backup with Aram, was very dissatisfied, thinking that Cooper underestimated her, and complained to Gina.
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After Carrie returned to SLR, trainee investigators Jeffrey and Elise came to him to report on their work. They had previously been tasked with monitoring Deputy Attorney General Tom Connolly and had achieved a lot of results.

After reviewing the two's mission reports, Carrey gave them a new mission, which could be considered a regularization assessment task: each of them selected three trainee investigators to form their own team. Elise's team would still be responsible for monitoring Connery, while Jeffrey's team would be responsible for monitoring Pete, the director of the CIA's covert operations department. The time limit was tentatively set at one month.

The other two trainee investigators and Corissa formed a special audit team responsible for financial investigations. The current mission target is also Connery and Pitt.

Although Carrie didn't know that Reddington had reached an agreement with Alan Fitch, she felt that it was time to deal with the backbone of the two secret societies. The positions of these two people were too critical, and the sooner they were dealt with, the sooner trouble would be saved!
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While Kerry was planning to eliminate the core members of the two secret societies, Donald and his two companions, who were far away in the Tashkent area of ​​Uzbekistan, a landlocked country in Central Asia, were trapped in a city hotel for two whole days!
The commander of the local garrison, General Kushen, did not allow them to contact Ruslan or participate in the investigation of the hostage-taking incident, claiming that his subordinates were in charge of the matter and that once the case was solved and the suspects were caught, they, the FBI, would just have to wait and see the results. He even confiscated their weapons when they got off the plane and warned them that they had no law enforcement authority here!

On this day, when they were trying to find a way to get rid of the surveillance personnel sent by Kushen and sneak out of the hotel, they unexpectedly saw Reddington in the restaurant!
Afterwards, Reddington took them upstairs in the elevator to their room, but they suddenly stopped halfway. The wall behind the elevator suddenly opened, revealing a secret passage. A group of armed men asked them to put on hoods, saying they were taking them to Ruslan...

Not long after, Reddington, Donald and others met Ruslan in an underground base!

To their surprise, Ruslan did not defend his kidnapping. Instead, he complained to them that the American ANICPA Oil Company's oil pipeline had leaked, polluting water sources and the environment, killing hundreds of local people and causing many more to become ill and die. However, the local government and the US Embassy ignored the people's complaints, and representatives of the oil company even denied polluting the environment!

The reason why he kidnapped dozens of managers of Western companies in the past two years was to attract the attention of the United States and other Western countries. However, he found that even so, these companies would rather pay ransom than change their established business strategies... So, he directly kidnapped a senior manager of ANIC Petroleum Company in the local area and soaked him in contaminated water!

Donald and others were very angry when they saw the miserable people in the camp being harmed by environmental pollution, but due to their status, they were powerless to change anything, which made them very helpless.

Ruslan obviously knew their difficulties and only asked them to take away the senior manager of Annika Company whose body was covered with sores. This was to show his sincerity and to explain the truth to the world. He also wanted to hold the company accountable and demand compensation!
When Donald and others returned with the dishonorable manager, Reddington took the initiative to stay and said that he wanted to talk to Ruslan about making a claim against Annika Company, and he was ready to provide him with help!
After sending the manager to the hospital, Donald immediately contacted SER, but after some inquiries, he found no record of Annika Company reporting the incident to the police, which meant that the manager’s kidnapping was suppressed by his company!
The case is getting more and more confusing! But one thing is certain, there is something wrong with Annika. Cooper instructs Alam to focus on investigating this company to see what it has done.
(End of this chapter)