Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 625 The same group of people
Right, that is it.

Both shrewd and brutal.

It also gives people a sense of urgency.

In the human trafficking cases handled by Captain Xu, the traffickers basically used a one-on-one or multiple-on-one modus operandi.

Because this is the safest approach.

If there are two people on the other side, the situation becomes much more complicated for human traffickers, and the risk increases by at least three times.

He had never seen a human trafficker who abducted multiple people on his own.

But the case gave Captain Xu the feeling that human traffickers had hired someone to pull off a big heist.

There is only one possibility that would make human traffickers dare to take such a big risk.

"There are sufficiently large benefits."

Captain Xu snapped out of his daze and subconsciously reached for a cigarette, only to find that it had already burned down to the base.

He threw the cigarette butt on the ground, stomped it out, and then lit another one.

"That must be it."

He took a deep drag on his cigarette, and as the smoke swirled around him, his expression gradually turned grave.

“Any case involving human traffickers will inevitably involve money, because the ultimate goal of human traffickers is to exchange people for money.”

Captain Xu paused, took another deep drag of his cigarette, and continued muttering to himself:

“Going to each one one by one would require fourteen cases, but hijacking a school bus only requires one case, which is more efficient and more profitable.”

His speech became faster and faster, as if he was gaining more and more confidence in his analysis:

"From this perspective, it was an urgent job, which means the opportunity was very rare, which is why the suspect was determined to pull off a big heist."

Before he knew it, Captain Xu had finished another cigarette.

He stubbed out his cigarette, and just as he was about to get up to go to the interrogation room, the phone in his pocket rang.

He took out his phone and first glanced at the caller ID.

Unfamiliar number?

It's a phone number from another province.

After answering the call, he held the phone to his ear.

"Hello, who is it?"

"Excuse me, are you Captain Xu from the provincial department?"

The person on the other end of the phone spoke very politely, and had a magnetic voice that suggested a confident and mature man.

Colleagues within the system?

Team Leader Xu made a judgment immediately and became extremely focused.

"It's me," he introduced himself.
"I am the deputy chief of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Provincial Public Security Department."

He has only recently adapted to this new position.

Since the case of the severed finger was solved, he not only gained credit but also received a promotion.

For someone who has spent half his life working in the field of criminal investigation, being able to hold an important position in the brigade is undoubtedly a high recognition of his ability and experience.

Of course, a certain amount of luck is also required.

He naturally knew how the severed finger case was solved.

"My name is Hua Kaiquan."

Without wasting any words, Hua, the coach on the other end of the phone, directly stated his name:

"I'm from the Criminal Investigation Division of N Province, and I hold the same position as you—Deputy Chief."

After they introduced themselves, their relationship unconsciously grew much closer.

First, they are both within the system, and both work in the criminal investigation department.

Secondly, the fact that they held the same position also subtly brought them closer together.

Since we work in the same department and hold the same position, we naturally have more in common.

"Here's the thing, I found out that there was a mass disappearance case in your area recently."

Team Hua then explained their purpose:

“I also have a case on my hands that has many similarities to your mass disappearance case.” “Therefore, I suspect that these two cases are very likely related to the same group of people.”

The same group of people? Captain Xu pondered the other party's last words.

He didn't say it was done by a group of people, but rather that it was related to the same group of people, which makes a big difference.

This indicates that the perpetrators were only the most visible group, and there was another group behind the scenes.

The meaning is a bit convoluted, but since we're all in criminal investigation, we can still understand it.

"Could you tell me about the cases on your end first?"

Team Leader Xu spoke in a consultative tone:

"So I can also determine whether the two cases are related."

Hua Kaiquan on the other end of the phone agreed very readily:

"No problem, this case was discovered in another case..."

He then recounted the case of the disappearance of twelve mentally disabled women.

What he said was information that only investigators could access.

It is both detailed and includes case analysis.

It really does look like it... After hearing this, Captain Xu also had the same thought.

The suspects in both cases targeted women, effectively locking the case by gender.

The methods used in the crimes were also very similar, all following the same pattern of human traffickers abducting people.

"One hundred thousand per person?"

Team Leader Xu raised a question:

"The suspect here confessed that it was 30,000 per person, and the money has already been paid to him in cash."

His meaning was clear: if the two cases were handled by the same group of people, the bids wouldn't differ so much.

Moreover, relatively speaking, his fourteen female students were in better condition than the twelve mentally disabled girls in every respect.

"I only know the general outline of your case."

The Chinese team demanded:
"You can also introduce your case. By sharing the details, we can conduct a more in-depth analysis."

He only found out about a case of a group of deaf and mute girls disappearing in S province, but he didn't know any other details.

Not to mention him, within the province, only the members of the special task force led by Captain Xu know the detailed progress of the case.

"it is good."

Team Leader Xu agreed after only a slight hesitation.

He then explained the case in just five minutes, pointing out the current progress and difficulties.

"No, there must be someone behind that fourth brother you mentioned."

After listening, Team Hua immediately pointed out the key points:
"It's obvious that he's a human trafficker, just like Ye Haiqiang in my case. They get their hands on people in order to gain greater profits."

"The only difference is that the human traffickers on my side have been caught, while those on your side are still at large."

Who are they trying to provoke... Captain Xu suddenly found the other person's words rather harsh.

It's somewhat of a criticism of their low efficiency in handling cases.

But it is indeed the case.

"We've just made substantial progress on our case, and I believe we'll catch that human trafficker soon."

Team Leader Xu could only tell the truth:
“You’re right. I also think that the fourth one is just someone who does the work on the surface, or rather, he’s just a middleman on this line.”

Through their analysis, the line of thought gradually became clear.

Judging from the timing of the incidents, the case in S Province occurred recently, while the case of the mentally disabled woman's disappearance began last year.

This shows that the group behind it has shifted its focus to S Province.

In fact, the connection with N Province was severed after Team Hua arrested the middleman.

Moreover, the risk of repeat offenses is extremely high, so those human traffickers naturally dare not continue to show their faces in N province.

The next thing is simple.

Cross-provincial collaborative case handling.

(End of this chapter)