Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 342 The Internet Age Makes Crime More Convenient
If the control period exceeds 48 hours, you will be held responsible if anything goes wrong.

"I don't think there's a big problem," Yu Dazhang analyzed.
"When I spoke to them yesterday, it was already two hours after the operation had begun."

“If the news leaks out, within an hour, everyone in that organization will know that the Yancheng Industrial Zone has been taken over by the police.”

"Two hours is enough for them to cut things off here, so the other side should not know what is happening here yet."

The reason is very simple.

The sentry only has the opportunity to send out a message at the very beginning.

Once the police jamming vehicle gets close, it will immediately cut off all communication with the outside world.

Furthermore, the subsequent blockade of the industrial zone made it impossible for the sentries to leave.

Since they were able to get through to the online contact two hours later, it means that by the time the sentry realized what was happening, it was already too late.

"That makes sense." Team Leader Hua visibly relaxed upon hearing this.
"I hope they'll show up today."

It's clear that he's under a lot of pressure right now.

With so many police officers deployed to block information in the industrial zone, it would be a bit unreasonable if they didn't catch the person in charge.

"How many of the 22 factory managers have been arrested?" This was Yu Dazhang's main purpose in coming to see him.

"It was during working hours, and most of the managers were at the factory," Hua replied.
"Seventeen people were identified on site, and four of them went into hiding but were later found inside the factory."

"The last person was found to have lost contact with the factory, and he returned to the industrial area that night where we caught him."

All 22 people have been arrested... Upon hearing this, Yu Dazhang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Did you extract any useful information?" he continued.

"Not at the moment." Team Hua shook his head helplessly.
“They all use one-way communication. The other party contacts the factory managers who need the service via VoIP, and they discuss the specific needs over the phone.”

Single-line communication? Yu Dazhang quickly realized the illogical point.

"Then how did they get the phone numbers of those factory managers?" he asked, looking at Captain Hua.

"Also, how would they know who has these needs?"

Yesterday, when interrogating the three "feet," the provincial police officers specifically asked about their contacts.

The three people gave the same answer: they would only transport the goods and wouldn't care about anything else.

They would not pass on any messages.

At the time, Yu Dazhang thought that the supplier of "feet" was connected to the factory owner, but now it seems that he was too naive.

"Tieba," Hua explained.

"They use local online forums to exchange contact information, and then discuss specific needs over the phone."

"This method was taught to the original two factory owners seven years ago, and then they spread it."

Can local online forums be used like this? Yu Dazhang simulated it in his mind and felt that this method was not very feasible.

He frequently browsed content on online forums when he was in school.

Local online forums, in particular, were where he would kill time and pass the time in his monotonous life.

The content inside is diverse, and the posts are refreshed very quickly.

Often, after reading a post, when I want to read it again, I find that I can't find it anymore and have to flip through the pages to find it.

If a factory owner posts a thread and the other party doesn't notice it in time, the thread will sink to the bottom in no time.

It's impossible for factory owners to do nothing but post the same content on forums all the time.

"Tell me in detail how they used Baidu Tieba to exchange contact information."

At this moment, Yu Dazhang looked extremely eager to learn:
"Explain the specific methods."

If there were outsiders present and they saw the two of them talking like this, they would be absolutely astonished.

For an ordinary criminal police officer and the deputy head of the Criminal Investigation Department to speak like that, are they crazy?!
What's even more amazing is that Hua didn't seem to care at all, as if the person standing in front of him was a colleague of equal rank.

"Post at a fixed time and set a prefix." After quickly formulating the words in his mind, Team Leader Hua explained in detail:

"If there is a need, they will post a job ad at 9 p.m. on Saturday. The format and prefix have a fixed pattern, and people in the know can tell at a glance."

As he spoke, he took out his phone, scrolled through the photos in his album, enlarged one photo, and handed it to Yu Dazhang:
"Look, this is it. I specifically found it on a local forum yesterday."

Yu Dazhang didn't take it, but just stared at the photo and silently read its contents to himself.

[Hiring stevedores, 6 AM to 10 PM, monthly salary 800 RMB, 365 days a year...]

He understood how the other person discerned it after reading only the beginning.

With such low job requirements, even someone desperate for money wouldn't apply.

Working from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., a 16-hour workday, leaving only 8 hours for eating and sleeping, is equivalent to resting when you close your eyes and working when you open them.

Moreover, it was manual labor.

Even a donkey couldn't handle this workload, let alone a human.

Then look at the salary, eight hundred a month... With a salary like that, who wouldn't grit their teeth?

You could earn more begging on the street than this.

The phrase "no rest all year round" further challenges the limits of human endurance.

Such conditions filter out all those who genuinely want to apply, and those who just browse the forum and gossip will only treat this post as a joke.

But at the end of the post, a phone number was left.

Fixed posting times, stringent recruitment requirements...

By focusing on just these two points, you can accurately find the specific post and see the phone number left by the factory owner.

And you don't need to keep an eye on it all the time; you only need to check it once a week.

In seven years, only 22 companies have been developed in Yancheng Industrial Zone, which is equivalent to 3 companies per year. Considering the time span, this development speed is actually quite slow.

It's really solid... Yu Dazhang realized that the other party had put a lot of thought into every single step.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe it as meticulous as a hair.

"So, the owners of those 22 factories can't contact anyone from that criminal organization?"

When Yu Dazhang asked this question, he had already given up hope.

The reason the other party came up with this method of contact was to avoid revealing their contact information.

“That’s right.” Team Leader Hua nodded.

"The way they collected the money was also quite unusual."

"When the factory pays wages, it will transfer the money to the same account as the other party, and then the account will purchase expensive goods online through online shopping."

"For example, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and other collectibles, which are items for which the specific price cannot be determined."

"Through this process, the funds have a legitimate purpose for payment, which can effectively avoid suspicion and interference from big data systems."

When Yu Dazhang heard this, his eyes widened in astonishment.

That's pretty comprehensive!
There were even people in that criminal organization who understood finance; they even knew how to circumvent big data.

Online trading platforms often list collectible items such as walnuts, bracelets, and dzi beads at ridiculously high prices.

Those who see this will most likely think to themselves: Only a fool would buy this.

But when I checked again a few days later, I found that the items had been sold.

You think the person who bought it is a huge swindler.

But the other party just smiled and remained silent...

Others laugh at my madness, but I laugh at their ignorance.

(End of this chapter)