Chapter 670: Shadows of the Syndicate

Book Chapter 670: The Criminal Syndicate (Update 3)

Medical management regulations in our country are extremely strict. Lin

“Let me put it this way: all hospital medical equipment must be installed, calibrated, or measured by the manufacturer’s technicians, and can only be put into operation after passing inspection.”

“More importantly, operators of medical equipment must receive professional training from the manufacturer before using the machines, and operators of large-scale equipment must hold a valid certification.”

“Simply put, it’s not enough to just have the money to buy the equipment; you must know how to use it – you need the proper certification.”

“Batch numbers, shipment quantities, and various other details all must be documented.”

“Take a simple example: anesthetic equipment is indispensable for major surgeries.”

“Any equipment involved in anesthesia must undergo strict review and approval…”

Xiao Yu briefed his older brother.

After the explanation, Wang Dong instantly grasped what his little brother was trying to say, his eyes lighting up.

Organ transplant surgeries – put the doctors aside, would you even attempt it without proper professional equipment?

Absolutely impossible!

When it comes to matters of human safety, those capable of undergoing an organ transplant are usually not short on funds.

If you’re short on cash, how would you even get your hands on organs?

How many truly selfless people are there?

Waiting for free donations? You might as well buy a lottery ticket.

We all know winning the lottery is a long shot, right?

Why do we treat illnesses?

To maintain good health.

How many healthy, wealthy people would dare undergo surgery at a ‘black hospital’?

You lack both a professional medical team and top-grade equipment.

Tell me, would you dare let someone tinker with the parts of your body?

Anyone with even the barest sense and who hasn’t been duped wouldn’t dare, right?

That’s why the other side not only has a professional medical team but also state-of-the-art equipment – only when patients feel reassured will they agree to the procedure.

Isn’t that pretty straightforward?

Now here’s where it gets interesting.

Humans are living beings – while a professional medical team might be hard to trace,

professional medical equipment, being inanimate, is subject to extremely strict state control.

From manufacturing to shipment, every step is rigorously supervised and recorded.

If something is lacking, there will definitely be a record, right?

Private sales of such equipment are illegal.

Even if you manage to sell it secretly, there will always be traces left behind.

And there are only a handful of domestic manufacturers for medical equipment.

Most of the equipment is imported.

As long as National Security wants to check, what can’t they trace?

Of course, that doesn’t mean National Security is all-powerful.

Without any leads, there’s no way for them to track it down or deduce anything.

As long as there’s a clue…

Wang Dong gritted his teeth, “Just like you despise cunning villains, I also can’t stand certain parasites.”

Those at National Security are absolutely fed up with the nation’s parasites.

Sometimes it’s these very parasites that signal a green light to the criminals.

In some cases, they’re even more despicable than the villains themselves!

……

Three days later.

In a business suite at a hotel in Bincheng.

“We’ve found a lead.”

Wang Dong burst into the room, glancing at Xiao Yu who was poring over the case files. “It’s a state-owned enterprise medical equipment agent.”

“Where’s the person?”

Xiao Yu raised an eyebrow. “Not brought along?”

“He’s dead!”

Wang Dong sighed.

“Death is nothing to joke about…” Wang Dong grumbled, though Xiao Yu stifled his urge to strike him. “Messing with me?”

“Let’s take a look first.”

Wang Dong, looking unusually serious, handed Xiao Yu a tablet. “This could be a big catch!”

For National Security to label it a ‘big fish,’ it must be enormous, right?

If you keep rambling like that, I won’t get any sleep… Xiao Yu took the tablet and started reviewing the findings from Team Two.

Ten minutes later.

Xiao Yu set the tablet aside, his expression growing increasingly troubled.

Suspect Zhang Penghai (deceased), male, 41, a resident of City J, was a deputy head at a state-owned enterprise and an agent for imported medical equipment, collaborating with several major hospitals across the nation…

Two and a half years ago.

Suspect Zhang Penghai had acquired three complete sets of Class 1 operating room equipment through import channels.

That same month.

Zhang Penghai died in a traffic accident, and the three sets of imported operating room equipment have mysteriously vanished!

What exactly does a full set of operating room equipment include?

Too many things.

From surgical instruments to various electronic devices.

What is Class 1, anyway?

…… Please send flowers……

Operating rooms are classified into five categories.

Class 1 represents the highest level operating room.

Depending on sterility standards, they’re further divided into five levels: hundred-level, thousand-level, ten-thousand-level, hundred-thousand-level, and three hundred-thousand-level…

According to National Security’s investigation.

Most other domestic medical equipment manufacturers haven’t raised any issues.

Only Zhang Penghai, who died in that traffic accident, has come under scrutiny.

Do you realize what three sets of complete Class 1 operating room equipment signifies?

It’s sufficient for the nation’s largest tertiary hospitals to build three Class 1 operating rooms at the three hundred-thousand level.

Hospitals below the tertiary level might not even manage to construct such rooms.

The problem is, they’ve all disappeared.

They seem to have vanished into thin air!

……

Why did Wang Dong call it a ‘big fish’?

Just think: if these three sets of equipment are indeed connected to the case at hand…

then the ‘black hospital’ run by this criminal syndicate would possess operating room equipment rivaling that of top-tier hospitals.

What scale of operation would that require?

What caliber of doctors would be entrusted with such an operating room?

What kind of criminal organization could possibly have the might and capability for this?

This isn’t just a big fish – it’s a damn shark!

“They must have organ transplant capabilities, a professional medical team, and direct access to clients – otherwise, how do they make money?”

Xiao Yu squinted and murmured, “And most importantly, organs can’t be stored or kept fresh. So…”

“Could it really be that they’re arresting people on the spot? That would be far too risky.”

“Perhaps they even have a detention cell for live captives to facilitate organ transplant surgeries?”

“And finally, what about disposing of the bodies… Why in Bincheng? Why dump the corpses into the sea?”

“A criminal group with such might and capability would surely have a method for disposing of bodies appropriately.”

“No, that’s not the main issue…”

Xiao Yu’s eyes widened as he glared at Wang Dong. “We’re in big trouble!”

“What?”

Wang Dong swallowed hard.

He was visibly startled by his little brother’s expression.

Xiao Yu uttered four words.

“Criminal Syndicate!”

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