Chapter 6 French Open Tracking
Italy, Florence. The Interpol who traced the murder of the experts of the European Postal and Telecommunications Congress from France are looking for clues in the vast archives with the assistance of the Italian police.
In the hotel in France, a few cigarette butts left by the suspect became one of the only clues in this case. The cigarettes these cigarette butts belong to are not produced in Europe, but from Cuba thousands of miles away. Since Cuba is a sanctioned country, it is impossible for Cuban cigarettes to flow into the European market legally. There must be special smuggling industry Gangs are involved.
Since the murdered experts involved many countries in Europe, relevant criminal laws have jurisdiction over the case. Therefore, it is most suitable for Interpol to come forward in this case. Under the guidance of evidence, finding the smuggling channel of this brand of Cuban cigarettes became the key to solving the case.
Interpol therefore has two general directions of investigation, gangs in Spain and Italy. Spanish gangs are weak and unlikely to have gangs capable of organizing such a large-scale attack, so Interpol focused its investigation on Italian gangs.
The shell casings and fingerprints collected from the tunnel did not match in police databases. So although this is a key clue, the police can only temporarily give up if they can't continue to pursue the clues.
"Please take a look, this is a batch of smuggled goods seized by our customs last month. Unfortunately, the people responsible for this batch of goods are all small people who only know some innocuous things. We have not gained much." The policeman in charge of the reception took out several files and handed them to the people sent by Interpol and said.
"Thank you, thank you for your help!" The other party responded politely.
"Excuse me, can you help me find a police officer familiar with the local situation, I want to ask something about the local smuggling group?" The representative of Interpol asked suddenly.
"I think Officer Garibaldi should be the most suitable candidate. He has the most informants in the entire police station. If you want to investigate something, it is most appropriate to ask him for help." The police officer in charge of reception replied.
"Is Officer Garibaldi here now? If it's convenient, I'd like to hear his opinion on this matter!" the Interpol representative asked.
"Okay, let me go and call Police Officer Garibaldi!" the policeman in charge of reception said and was about to leave.
"No, take me to him! I want to ask him face to face!" The representative of Interpol replied.
The two left the room after speaking, and the representative of Interpol followed behind the policeman in charge of the reception with a thick file. The two walked through the corridor and came to the police's office. The police officer in charge of the reception called out: "Officer Garibaldi, this..."
"Spencer!" said the Interpol representative.
"This Officer Spencer would like to ask you some questions, do you have time now?"
"Please wait a moment, I'll come!" Police officer Garibaldi bid farewell to his colleagues and walked towards the two of them. They found a separate room, and Interpol officer Spencer put the file under his arm. On the side, he took out a confidential document and handed it to Garibaldi, and said to him: "This is a case that happened in Toulouse, France last year. I would like you to help us find any clues. "
Garibaldi took the folder, opened it carefully, and examined the contents carefully. This document recorded all the investigation results of the Toulouse Tunnel Massacre so far. It not only contained detailed text records, but also pictures of the scene. The pictures of the blood-stained murder scene made Garibaldi feel very familiar.
Garibaldi read it for more than forty minutes before finishing the entire file. He pondered for a moment and said to Spencer, "Is there anything else you know?"
"We found some Cuban cigarette butts at the scene. These cigarettes are smuggled, only Spanish and Italian smuggling gangs have this kind of cigarettes, and we understand that these cigarettes are very expensive and are sold by the stick in the market. Yeah, that kind of contradicts what we know where the suspect lives,
They don't look rich, but they smoke such good cigarettes! "Officer Spencer expressed his doubts.
"I have seen the photos of the scene, and the method is simple and rude. If you suspect that the mafia did it, I think you must have looked in the wrong direction. The mafia would not do things like this. Clues, it's like being defenseless against the police!" Garibaldi analyzed according to his own thinking.
"Not the Mafia? Do you have any basis for saying that?" Spencer asked.
"If it was the mafia, they would plant bombs directly in the car most of the time. You know that many prosecutors and judges in Italy died like this. They rarely use guns because they are afraid of leaving traces. But you brought This is not the case in this case. The perpetrators have no scruples. Not only did they leave bullet casings, footprints and fingerprints, they even didn’t clean up the place they lived in. They didn’t care about the police chasing them. I happened to know some people That's what the killers from Eastern Europe love to do!" Garibaldi replied.
"Eastern Europe? Could it be the KGB, or some other intelligence personnel?" Spencer stood up alertly. If this is the case, it must be a political incident.
"Officer Spencer, you don't understand the situation here. In recent years, more and more refugees have escaped from the Iron Curtain. Many of them have special skills and have even been on the battlefield. Some Eastern European gangs also Will come here to be a killer, as long as you do one vote, you can rest for several years when you go back. The most important point is that we have no extradition agreement with the countries on the other side of the Iron Curtain, and it is impossible to share case resources. If they go back to their homeland, then we have nothing to do!" Officer Garibaldi shook his head and said helplessly.
"How do you find the gunmen from Eastern Europe? Are you helpless?" Spencer felt enlightened after hearing Garibaldi's analysis. Several doubts that the task force has been unable to figure out for the past few days finally have reasonable answers.
"Officer Spencer, if you really want to continue the investigation, I think you'd better stay in Italy for a while. Our side is their key active area, and the Albanian gangs are very active on the other side of the sea. The Hungarians from the north are also very powerful. But the most powerful ones are the Slavic gangs. They have already colluded with the Mafia and seem to have gained a foothold in the local area.”