In the interrogation room of the Criminal Investigation Detachment, the lights were a little dazzling. The crew member sat on the chair, looking nervous and rubbed his hands constantly. Zhang Hui asked seriously: "We have already obtained the evidence. You have financial transactions with Li Yang. You'd better explain what happened back then truthfully." The crew member's eyes dodged, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead: "I... I'm really just a worker, and I don't know many things."
Wang Shuai slapped the table suddenly: "You haven't told the truth yet? We have checked it very clearly. If you hide it again, you will know the consequences yourself!" The crew member was startled by this sudden action and his body trembled slightly: "Okay... OK, I said. Back then, the ship owner asked us to help transport goods, saying it was ordinary electronic equipment, but later I heard that these goods might be smuggled. I dare not make a statement because the ship owner gave us a lot of money."
"Where have these goods been shipped? What does it have to do with Li Yang and Zhao Yu?" Wang Shuai chased after him.
The crew member lowered his head and whispered: "I don't know exactly where to ship it. I only know that people come to pick up the goods every time. I have met Li Yang several times, and he seems to be responsible for the reception here. Every time the goods arrive, he will appear, connect with the ship owner, and then arrange the vehicle to transport the goods away."
As the investigation deepened, details and clues about the smuggling case surged like a tide. Through continuous tracking of transport vehicles, ships and related personnel, the police gradually outlined a complete smuggling chain. They found that every link on the transportation route was carefully planned, from the purchase of goods overseas to the arrival of the country through hidden routes, and then transferred from specific vehicles to various scattered hiding points, the entire process was clear and organized.
During the investigation, more and more evidence points to the two victims, Zhao Yu and Li Yang. From the frequent communication records between them to the details of their financial transactions, they all show that they play a core role in smuggling activities. Lu Chuan convened the team members to hold another case analysis meeting. He said with a serious expression: "At present, we can basically confirm that the two victims, Zhao Yu and Li Yang, participated in the crime of smuggling electronic components. But what is the relationship with their death? Why do some people dare to set fire to kill people? We must figure out these issues as soon as possible."
The team members expressed their opinions one after another, and discussions in the conference room were heard one after another. Xiao Zhang proposed: "Can there be conflicts within them? Some people have killed themselves due to uneven distribution of interests." Wang Shuai retorted: "If it is an internal conflict, why should we use such an extreme method? And so many clues are left, which is not very reasonable."
Just as everyone was discussing fiercely, Zhang Hui discovered an abnormal situation while investigating the wife of the second deceased. When he entered the deceased's home on the grounds of investigating the case, he noticed that there was a hidden safe in the deceased's study. After obtaining the consent of the deceased's wife, the safe was opened and it was filled with a lot of cash. The amount of these cash is huge, far exceeding the savings an ordinary family should have.
Zhang Hui immediately reported the discovery to Lu Chuan: "Lu Zhi, this is so strange. How can an ordinary family have so much cash? And the money is so hidden, there must be a problem." Lu Chuan said after pondering for a moment: "This is likely to be related to the smuggling case. Perhaps this is the illegal income obtained by their smuggling, and it has not been time to transfer or whitewash it. You can investigate carefully to see if there are any special marks or clues of origin of this money."
Zhang Hui once again conducted an in-depth investigation into the financial status of the deceased. He found that some of the banknote numbers in these cash had certain rules, which seemed to come from the same source. After some twists and turns, he finally found out that the cash was exchanged from an underground bank. This underground bank has been closely watched by the police and is suspected of participating in various illegal financial activities and colluding with multiple criminal gangs.
Zhang Hui returned to the Criminal Investigation Detachment with this clue and said to Lu Chuan excitedly: "Lu Zhi, I found out that the cash was exchanged from an underground bank. Maybe this underground bank has something to do with the smuggling case we investigated." Lu Chuan nodded and said: "Very good, follow this clue to continue digging deeper. See if we can find the connection between the underground bank and Zhao Yu, Li Yang and others."
At the same time, Wang Shuai led another group of team members to conduct a more detailed investigation of the whereabouts of Zhao Yu and Li Yang. They found that before and after the two fires, Zhao Yu and Li Yang's whereabouts became very strange. Before the incident, Li Yang frequently went to and from some unfamiliar places to meet with some unknown people. Zhao Yu, on the other hand, completely lost his trace as if he had evaporated from the world.
Wang Shuai reported to Lu Chuan: "Lu Zhi, we found that Li Yang had frequent contact with some suspicious people before the incident. These people were unknown, and we were trying to find a way to investigate their background. As for Zhao Yu, we could hardly find any clues about him, as if he had deliberately hidden himself." Lu Chuan said after thinking for a moment: "Increase the investigation of people Li Yang has contacted, and they are likely to know some key information. At the same time, continue to search for Zhao Yu's whereabouts. He is the key figure in the case and cannot let him disappear like this."
In order to investigate the relationship between underground money houses and smuggling cases, Zhang Hui and his team members carefully analyzed the transaction records of underground money houses. They found that there were many suspicious financial transactions between the underground bank and the companies where Li Yang and Zhao Yu were located. The time of these financial transactions is highly consistent with the transportation time of smuggled goods, further confirming their collusion.
When questioning the owner of the underground bank, the boss denied it at the beginning and refused to admit it was related to the smuggling case. But when Zhang Hui came up with conclusive evidence, his attitude began to shake. "These evidence is here, do you still want to deny it? You'd better honestly explain how you collude with Li Yang and the others, and what is the money used for?" Zhang Hui asked sternly. The owner of the underground banker looked pale. After hesitating for a long time, he finally spoke: "I... I just helped them exchange cash and exchanged the money they smuggled for legal funds. I don't know exactly how they operated smuggling." Zhang Hui continued to ask: "So have they done anything unusual recently? Have you ever said anything special?" The boss recalled and said: "Recently Li Yang came to me and said he wanted to whitewash a batch of money as soon as possible. He looked very anxious. I asked him what happened, but he refused to say it." (End of this chapter)