And the building above the deck had six floors, which made Charlie wonder, such a yacht, worth at least over a billion dollars.
He couldn’t help but ask Joseph beside him, “Joseph, these days, are all human traffickers are so profitable?”
Joseph also saw it clearly, so he was puzzled and said,
“I’m not too sure, this boat does look worth a lot, and they use this kind of boat to pick up people, it’s a bit too high-profile, right?”
Joseph’s words reminded Charlie, Charlie at this time waved his hand and said seriously:
“Excessive high profile, sometimes it becomes a kind of low profile, to be honest,”
“If I were to investigate a port every day for in and out of the ship suspected of smuggling people,”
“Then this kind of luxury yacht should be the last object I ranked,”
“Even if we are surprised to see such a ship here. Others must feel the same way.”
Joseph nodded gently and said, “Mr. Wade’s words are reasonable.”
Saying that, Joseph added: “However, those who can afford this ship should also have a prominent identity background,”
“It seems that here in population crimes, there is indeed a lot of high society involvement.”
Charlie at this time called a gang member to the front, opened his mouth, and asked,
“You came to trade at sea before, also docked this ship?”
The gang member picked up the binoculars, looked for a while, shook his head, and said,
“I’ve never seen this ship before, the ones who came to dock with me in the past were cargo ships,”
“They usually hid people in special containers, and when they arrived at the dock,”
“A truck driver from the distribution side would pull the containers away, they wouldn’t use such a luxurious big yacht.”
Charlie frowned: “Distribution side generally how do they operate?”
The man said: “In general, people are sent to the distribution side of the city,”
“They will evaluate the people, to meet the criteria on the auction to stay,”
“The rest of the package sold to some overseas criminal groups, this is the normal distribution channel.”
Said, he thought for a moment, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said:
“But I seem to have heard that if there is a top quality goods shown interest in advance by the big shots,”
“The other side will send a ship to pick up people directly and will not go through this channel.”
Charlie asked: “And what does this mean?”
The other party hurriedly explained: “In general, before delivery, we will conduct a certain investigation of the target person,”
“And then take some photos, organized into a data and send to the top,”
“The top will give priority to the highest level of VIP customers to go through the data,”
“If there is no highest level of VIP customers show interest, then it is the normal distribution channels,”
“but if someone is seen by the highest level of VIP customers, they will directly skip the auction link,”
“And the boss will negotiate a price with the VIP customer and send the person directly to them.”
FAQ Novel
Q: What is Charlie’s immediate goal after encountering the illicit trade?
A: Charlie aims to disrupt a part of the operation and extract useful information from the boss picking up goods, intending to send a warning to the real powers behind the scenes.
Q: Why does the appearance of the mega-yacht puzzle Charlie and Joseph?
A: They are surprised by the extreme luxury and high-profile nature of the mega-yacht used for such illicit activities, which seems counterintuitive for a covert operation.
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