The Blacklist

Chapter 449: Rich People’s Children Were Kidnapped One After Another
On July 7, a new Monday, the CTU headquarters transferred to SER some information that had just been compiled from various intelligence departments, some of which was about the "Third World".

There is not much description of the "Third World" in the information, except that it is a relatively loose anarchist organization, most of whose members are young people. They admire the passion of the French Revolution in the 1th century, and believe that 99% of the aristocracy and privileged classes occupy most of the social wealth, and the other 1% of the people are being exploited and enslaved. As the most revolutionary, they have the obligation to take back the wealth from the 99% and distribute it equally to the % of the people...

The NSA (National Security Agency) assessment report on the organization found that the "Third World" had no perfect structure and program at all, and was more like a group of bored young people having fun online. It was not harmful and was recommended to ignore it to avoid wasting law enforcement resources. Therefore, the FBI, DHS and local police did not focus on monitoring and preventing it.

The agents were surprised after studying the information, which was completely different from their previous understanding of the "Third World"! Just when they were doubting the intelligence they had obtained before, Reddington sent Elizabeth the latest blacklist case - a serial kidnapping case planned and implemented by the "Third World"!
Elizabeth then summoned the SER agents to brief them on the case: "According to the information provided by Reddington, in the past eighteen months, the Third World organization has planned and carried out four kidnappings of billionaire children. All of them were successful, and they received hundreds of millions of dollars in ransom! However, these wealthy families did not call the police."

“According to the relevant FBI records, they learned about these kidnappings after the fact, but when they questioned these wealthy people, they did not admit it!
"However, because the case involves a huge amount of finance, the FBI once conducted a secret investigation and found that the methods of committing these kidnapping cases are similar. They all break through the security system of the rich man's residence from the outside and then kidnap him inside!"

Nawabi is very experienced. He said, "So, this 'third world' is good at using high-tech means to commit crimes. We can start our investigation from this aspect!"

"Martha is right!" a voice interrupted, and Gina came over with a folder. "Earlier, while you were out on the field, Lee interrogated Henry Morris, who you arrested earlier, and got some special confessions. He asked me to send them to you."

"Lee interrogated Henry? He is so lazy, how could he think of doing this on his own initiative?" Elizabeth took the folder with a smile and teased.

Gina shrugged her shoulders and smiled, "You don't know him yet. He must have discovered something, but he's keeping it secret and won't tell you the reason. However, some things in this confession should be useful for the case you are investigating now!" After saying hello to the other agents, she left the hall.

After Elizabeth finished reading the confession, she handed it to Nawabi next to her and said, "According to Lee's interrogation of Henry, Lao Lei's previous judgment was verified. Henry once privately provided the most advanced electronic equipment to the 'Third World' organization in order to make money. These devices can be used to invade and destroy residential security systems..."

After reading the confession in his hand, Nawabi handed the folder to Brian next to him and asked in confusion: "Although this can explain how the 'third world' invaded and kidnapped, but what does this have to do with the conspiracy to attack the United States?"

Elizabeth explained: "Reddington believes that the 'Third World' organization is using such extreme means to accumulate funds in preparation for subsequent major operations! Considering the amount of funds, there is reason to believe that the subsequent conspiracy will be very large and dangerous!" Because it is still unclear what the final conspiracy is, the SER agents can only find a way to start with this serial kidnapping case and try to catch the "Third World" organization behind the scenes!
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In the large office on the 12th floor, Kerry watched Gina come back and asked with a smile, "That confession should be useful to Liz and the others in their investigation, right?"

"Yeah, it worked." Gina replied, sitting behind the desk as usual and processing documents for him. "Lee, how did you come up with the idea of ​​retrialing Henry and getting this confession?"

"Intuition!" said Kerry, who was sitting in the leisure area. "Old Lei only noticed Henry's gambling behavior before, but I felt that he might be hiding something, so I went to ask him, and sure enough, I got some new information."

Gina had long been accustomed to his mysterious "intuitions" and was not surprised at all. She continued to ask, "Do you think this 'third world' is really related to the conspiracy to attack the United States?"

"It shouldn't matter." Carrie told Gina the truth. "The members of the 'Third World' are just a bunch of young people who have been blinded by their so-called beliefs. And they are probably the kidnapped children of the wealthy who did it on their own!"

Huh? This time, Gina looked up in surprise and couldn't help asking, "Lee, do you mean that this case was set up by the children of the rich themselves in order to extort money from their parents?"

"Is this strange?" Carrie said, "I wouldn't be surprised by anything these spoiled rich second-generations do. However, I would like to know if after they get the ransom, they will distribute it to the 99% of ordinary people according to their 'ideal'?"

Hearing this, Gina thought about it and shook her head. She didn’t think so!
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In the SER command hall, Alam searched four previous kidnapping cases through various channels and databases and determined that the characteristics of these cases were basically exactly the same, the kidnapped persons had all returned home safely, and their parents had paid a total of $300 million in ransom!

Elizabeth arranged for agents to investigate the four wealthy families separately, and made it clear that if they failed to cooperate, the agents were authorized to conduct compulsory interrogations in the name of CTU, with the aim of learning as many details of the kidnapping case as possible.

It was past ten o'clock and the agents who went out to investigate had not returned yet. Alam, who had been monitoring the Internet information, discovered a new situation - FBI-NY received a report of a new case: another wealthy man's son, Des Foy, was kidnapped yesterday. His mother originally wanted to conceal the matter and pay the ransom, but his father refused to be threatened and called the police directly after learning about the situation!
Elizabeth immediately took over the case in the name of SER and investigated it together with the previous four cases!
(End of this chapter)