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Chapter 2 Behind the Scenes: Snakehead Remote Control, Counterfeit Den Busy
Narration: As soon as she arrived at the office, Wang Shuwei began reviewing the visa application materials of the applicant. She was very clear that this was a material with many suspicious points. When writing comments, she hesitated for a moment. Lately, she always felt uneasy because the consulate had extended the reservation time for family visit visas from one month in the past to six months. Could it be that something has been detected above? However, this thought only flashed through her mind. In the end, she still gave the opinion of recommending issuance on this application material full of loopholes.
In fact, at this point, those who feel uneasy are not just Wang Shuwei. In May 2007, several smugglers were intercepted at the Shenyang and Dandong ports, which undoubtedly plunged the smuggling group into panic. It was at this time that the investigators made a major discovery.
Contemporary: Liang Yuwei, Captain of the Investigation Team of Liaoning Provincial Public Security Frontier Corps (4): During the monitoring process at the golf course, we found once that this foreigner gave orders to Jin Enlai, saying you need to drive back now. There is some trouble at the company now. Our company may have been discovered by the public security organs. After we got the information, we were extremely excited. We saw that he should be Jin Enlai's boss. Later, Jin Enlai followed his words, drove back immediately, and returned to his company address, which was later discovered during our investigation - Kaixing Garden.
Narration: Through this series of actions, the special investigation team judged that this foreign man should play a pivotal role in the smuggling group, and the den of the group was hidden in the Kaixing Garden community.
Scene: Jin Enlai enters the community
Narration: Subsequently, the special investigation team learned that this office in Kaixing Garden was rented by this foreign man. His name is Shin Daewoong, 48 years old. But after renting the house, Shin Daewoong never appeared here. Instead, several other people, including Jin Enlai, often came and went here.
During the subsequent wait, the investigators quickly identified the identities of these people. Kim Hyun-chul, 42 years old, foreign personnel; Choi Feng-hao, 33 years old, from Fushun City, Liaoning Province; Shin Hyun-ji, 27 years old, foreign personnel; Choi Yeong, 25 years old, from Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. These people would arrive at Kaixing Garden before 9 o'clock every morning and leave around 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
Contemporary: Liang Yuwei, Captain of the Investigation Team of Liaoning Provincial Public Security Frontier Corps (5): After secretly monitoring for four or five days, we found that the staff of the company were very strange. One of the employees lives in Fushun. He takes a taxi to work every day. From Fushun to Shenyang, it costs at least 70 yuan. That means he spends 140 yuan a day.
Narration: The unusual financial situation of these people further confirmed the previous judgment of the investigators. The rental inside Kaixing Garden should be the office location and counterfeit den of this smuggling group. Jin Enlai, Kim Hyun-chul, Choi Feng-hao, Shin Hyun-ji, and Choi Yeong are responsible for counterfeiting and contacting smugglers respectively, while Shin Daewoong commands remotely.
Although the core framework of the smuggling group has been basically figured out, there is still a doubt lingering in the minds of the members of the special investigation team. How do these false materials get through the strict visa system?
Chapter 3 A Mysterious Woman Connects the Dots, High-tech Means Assist in Arrest Operations
Narration: One day, Wang Shuwei received a text message from Kim Hye-myeong. Kim Hye-myeong used to be a staff member of the consulate and resigned in 2006. But this did not affect their contact, because Kim Hye-myeong needed Wang Shuwei's help. Wang Shuwei also knew clearly that over the years, she had received countless such text messages. Although the senders were different, the purpose was the same: please give her a hand when reviewing visa materials. Of course, since it is a "hand", it cannot let her lift it for free. From 2005 to now, Wang Shuwei has received nearly three million yuan in "lifting fees."
Contemporary: Wang Shuwei (DV2P4) Because it has been going on for a long time, everyone is relatively familiar with each other, and then they are also relatively accustomed to it.
Reporter: Is this habit understood as, because everyone does it, so you feel a bit reckless?
Wang Shuwei: Haven't thought too much, just think this phenomenon is quite common.
Reporter: It feels normal to see nothing strange, everyone does it, there should be no problem.
Wang Shuwei: Yes, I think it's very normal.
Narration: However, this time Wang Shuwei did not immediately agree, but made an appointment with Kim Hye-myeong to meet and talk. Because she has strongly felt that the recent news is not good. The next event proved her judgment. (Blackout)
Narration: In fact, several days before Wang Shuwei received the text message from Kim Hye-myeong, the special investigation team had already noticed this young woman in her twenties. She had multiple contacts with members of the smuggling group. Even without direct contact, sometimes she would coincidentally appear in the same place as them. She is Kim Hye-myeong, who used to work at the consulate.
Kim Hye-myeong, on one hand, contacted the smuggling group, and on the other hand, frequently met with Chinese employees of the consulate.
One day, she invited her former colleagues from the consulate to dinner at a restaurant in Shenyang city.
The next day, Kim Hye-myeong set up another dinner party at another restaurant, and the guests were still her former colleagues.
Contemporary: Liang Yuwei, Captain of the Investigation Team of Liaoning Provincial Public Security Frontier Corps (3): We felt at the time that between the two of them, there might be a tacit cooperative relationship. Later, we found that Kim Hye-myeong indeed did a lot of work for Jin Enlai in the visa processing stage, working with Chinese employees of the consulate.
Narration: Meanwhile, the economic status of these Chinese employees of the consulate also caught the attention of the special investigation team.
Contemporary: Liang Yuwei, Captain of the Investigation Team of Liaoning Provincial Public Security Frontier Corps
Entering high-end places every day, wearing all brands. Her salary at the consulate, after investigation, was only more than 3,000 yuan per month. Where did all these consumptions come from? Later, we found that her daily bank account deposits ranged from 60,000 to 80,000 or even 100,000 yuan. Who sent her the money? We traced it through the bank and found that Kim Hye-myeong sent her money.
Narration: What surprised the investigators was that most of the Chinese employees of the consulate had financial dealings with Kim Hye-myeong, and sometimes these Chinese employees also transferred money to each other. Preliminary statistics showed that more than 20 Chinese employees were involved.
Contemporary: Liang Yuwei, Captain of the Investigation Team of Liaoning Provincial Public Security Frontier Corps
At this point, we were a bit puzzled. Why does someone outside send her money, and why does she send the money to her colleagues? Because there are about 13 or 14 people in the review department of the consulate, and the materials don't necessarily fall into whose hands. Suppose the person outside, Kim Hye-myeong, finds me, and the materials are not in my hands but in yours, so I will inform you via text message that the materials are in your hands, and please give preferential treatment during the review. If the visa is issued, I will give you ten thousand yuan as a benefit fee.
Narration: And the staff member who asks her to handle the matter can receive a referral fee of 5,000 yuan. Up to this point, the chain of interests between the smuggling group, Kim Hye-myeong, and the Chinese employees of the consulate has been clarified. The smuggling group headed by Shin Daewoong bribes the Chinese employees of the consulate through Kim Hye-myeong. For every successful visa obtained, the smuggling group pays Kim Hye-myeong 20,000 RMB, and Kim Hye-myeong gives 15,000 RMB to the helpful consulate staff.
Subsequently, middlemen like Park Sung-bok, Kim Yuelun, and Kim Hao-yuan, who sought customers for the smuggling group, also gradually surfaced. It was time to close the net.
Caption: June 7, 2007, 4:00 AM, Liaoning Provincial Public Security Frontier Corps
Scene: Huang Bin from Group Four reports in, Shi Jialong reports in, Su Yu-kun reports in, Jin Hong-fa reports in.
Narration: More than 160 police officers participating in the operation were divided into 27 groups, closely monitoring their respective arrest targets.
And near the main battlefield, Kaixing Garden, in a concealed parking lot, a satellite reconnaissance vehicle waited quietly.
Because of the large number of people involved in the arrests, coordination between the various groups became a challenge. This satellite vehicle could receive real-time images from the front line and synchronously transmit them to the command center located at the rear.
Once the main battlefield Kaixing Garden was successfully breached, the command center at the rear would issue action orders to the other groups.
According to investigations, the core figures of the group, such as Kim Hyun-chul and Shin Hyun-ji, would hold a routine meeting at Kaixing Garden at 8:00 AM that day. Investigators entered the room earlier to wait for them.
Scene: Who are you looking for? Come in.
Get down and don't move.
Come here.
Enter.
Don't move.
Get down.
Narration: By half past eight, the core personnel, including Shin Daewoong, Kim Hyun-chul, and Shin Hyun-ji, were all under police control, and arrest operations of other groups commenced accordingly.
Scene: Arrest.
Narration: By ten o'clock in the morning, all 27 suspects suspected of organizing others to smuggle across national borders were arrested by the police. Subsequently, 24 consular Chinese employees suspected of corporate bribery were also controlled by the police. In addition, the police dismantled eight criminal dens, seized a large number of computers, printers, artificial intelligence carving machines, and other tools used for crime, as well as a large number of fake identity documents and fake seals. They also confiscated illegal gains amounting to more than 9 million yuan.
Caption: On the same day, Wang Shuwei was criminally detained by the police on suspicion of corporate bribery.
The Intermediate People's Court of Shenyang City will soon try this major smuggling case.
Host: Wang Shuwei's dream when studying was to become a teacher, but due to the family's financial difficulties, she was unable to continue pursuing a master's degree, and this dream was not realized. Later, Wang Shuwei became wealthy, but her dream still could not be realized. Not only that, this money that did not belong to her also destroyed her future. Being calm and content is the happiness of life.