Chapter 943 "Ghost" and a deal worth 65 million
Only looking at the superficial information, this Trevor Salopian seems to be nothing special, running an office cleaning company.
The so-called office cleaning company is specifically responsible for providing some daily maintenance services to those large companies, such as regular replacement of light bulbs, cleaning of rotten green plants, and even exterior wall glass and floor waxing.
But according to the FBI's investigation, this company is just a disguise used by Trevor Salopian to hide his identity. He is actually a black glove who specializes in helping rich people deal with some "trouble" .
Professional killer is only one part of his job. In addition, there are "dirty jobs" such as stealing trade secrets, kidnapping and extortion, and even cleaning up witnesses.
If the private detectives and other jobs that the investigators of the 110 Special Investigation Team engaged in after retiring can be considered to be on the fringes of the law, then this Trevor Salopian is engaged in pure underworld business.
If such a person dies, he will die. There is no trouble. The real trouble is that "New Era Technology".
This is a high-tech enterprise headquartered in New York, mainly engaged in research and development of aerospace technology.
Although its scale is far inferior to that of "SpaceX", which doesn't even look down on landing on the moon and keeps talking about going to colonize Mars, it still has a large R&D team with a thousand people.
The most troublesome thing is that this company is not only inextricably linked to NASA (Federal Aeronautics and Space Administration), but also has a certain military background.
In addition to its headquarters in New York responsible for software research and development, New Era Technology also has a huge manufacturing plant in Denver, Colorado, which produces a series of military products for the military, including radars, military drones, individual guided weapons, etc. product.
As retired soldiers, Reacher and others naturally know what kind of arms manufacturers exist in this country. Although this company can only be regarded as a new military industry enterprise, it is similar to Lockheed Martin and Gru Military industry giants like Mann and Raytheon are different, but behind them there must be some political figures they cannot afford to offend.
"Did you know something in advance?" Reacher looked at Jack suspiciously.
"Know what?" Jack was a little confused.
The big man gestured on his face, "All these, disguised identity, disguise, you seem to have known for a long time that the identity of your opponent is not simple."
"When I learned that Franz was your former colleague and that the cause of death was that he was thrown from a helicopter after being tortured, I knew that the identity of the murderer must not be simple. Otherwise, I would not have immediately called a private plane to fly from New York. Going to Arkansas to find you?"
Jack had already expected this question and had already thought of how to respond.
"And the reason why I disguised my identity was not because I was afraid of my opponent's identity." Jack reminded him by tapping his knuckles on the table.
"When I was in Margrave Town, I was not an FBI at that time, but do you think the reason why I acted secretly was because I was afraid of the Kleiner and his son?"
Jack's words Lei Che fell into deep thought, but the other people who were listening couldn't help but become curious.
"What exactly happened to you in Margrave Town?" O'Donnell asked curiously, stroking his sad little beard.
"Let's talk about that later." Reacher's eyes lit up, and he probably understood someone's intention, "You are worried that the premature intervention of the FBI will alert the mastermind behind the scenes."
Jack led With a teachable smile on his face, he opened a file on the computer, "This is the situation report sent by DHS, about the 'AM'." There were too many people at the scene, so he didn't want to waste time and directly introduced them. The content, "DHS has been paying attention to this guy for a long time, but not much is known, which is the same as what Sanchez and Orozco investigated.
Unknown nationality and no photos , I only know that he is a white male in his 40s, and his appearance is South American, Italian, Greek, and Middle Eastern”
"Sounds like a ghost." Dixon curled his lips. Jack's example was not meaningless. If people from these countries had the same characteristics, they could probably be attributed to white people with black hair and black eyes but deep facial features.
But people with this appearance are everywhere, almost as many as white people with blond hair and blue eyes, so there is no problem in saying they are ghosts.
"His last alias was Alan Millens, whose abbreviation was also 'AM'. Six years ago, DHS agents uncovered a case in which terrorists tried to obtain experimental nerve agents. All involved All the suspects were captured.
This was also the first time that this mysterious 'ghost' came into DHS's sight. They had three recordings related to this person, but nothing else was found.
In this case, 'AM' is a middleman. The only information currently known is that this person has no faith, or his only faith is money, and he works for whomever bids him. ”
Reacher listened to Jack's introduction and browsed the relevant case introductions, and gradually frowned, "It said that they used bearer bonds for transactions?"
Dixon was a civilian military officer. Before joining Reacher's 110 Special Investigation Team, he was a military accountant. After retiring, he was also engaged in related financial investigation work, which was very similar to the work that Chris had done.
The difference is that Chris originally served shady employers such as drug cartels, while Dixon specialized in auditing accounts for private organizations and billionaires.
Hearing something related to her profession, she couldn’t help but come closer to Reacher, “Bearer bonds are indeed often used for tax avoidance and money laundering, but the federal Ministry of Finance stopped issuing them as early as the 1980s. ."
"But there are still some countries using it." Jack clicked on an attachment. "At that time, 'AM' used bearer bonds issued by Luxembourg.
I contacted Joey in the morning and asked him for some relevant details. He and two DHS officials will meet with us in New York later. "
The Joey Jack mentioned is naturally his big brother Joey Reacher. The Secret Service he works for is also under the DHS. In addition to being responsible for important personnel, the Secret Service has another important job: Combating Counterfeit Currency and Financial Crime
“So you suspect that ‘650 and 100,000 each’ represent the transaction amount? "Nigley blinked for a long time and suddenly realized.
Jack spread his hands and said, "What else could it be? Among the clues we have available are an arms broker who specializes in dealing with terrorists, an arms company, and three investigators who were accidentally involved and silenced.
‘650’ most likely represents some kind of weapon, and ‘100,000’ is the unit price. In other words, we are facing an illegal arms transaction with a total price of 65 million and an unknown currency value. ”
"Farke." O'Donnell slapped his forehead, "Now everything makes sense."
(End of this chapter)