My Calling Is Profiler [EN]: Chapter 423

“Check the notice.”

The notice strictly forbade sharing personal information or even using nicknames that could reveal identities, as the police might infiltrate for investigation purposes.

“They’re instilling fear to prevent any communication.”

In such a situation, exchanging contacts is impossible, and naturally, socializing is out of the question.

“Imagine someone posting that this place can’t be trusted.”

“I see.”

People wouldn’t believe it, and if the post were deleted quickly, most wouldn’t even see it.

“So, all the people who joined can see is a well-crafted fake story.”

“Exactly.”

And seeing those fake reviews, they’ll have false hope of improving their situation and send money to those people.

“Look at Yeonhwa-in’s reaction right now.”

She already sent 100 million [Korean won, approximately $75,000 USD], and she’s anxious about not being able to go to China.

“The only good thing is that Yeonhwa-in hasn’t received the immunosuppressant yet because her date hasn’t arrived.”

What if she had received the immunosuppressant? She would have taken it and gone to China, only to realize she was scammed and die in despair.

“By the way, how many victims do you think there are?”

“Well, I think there would be at least 200 people.”

“200 people?”

“Yes, you can tell by how long this has been going on.”

“There’s no creation date on the site, though?”

“You can tell by the dates of the earliest posts.”

The managed organ trafficking channels are constantly deleted and re-uploaded, so they’re unreliable. But places like the new member introduction board or the free board, where people post to filter out real organ donation club members, wouldn’t have a reason to periodically delete and change posts.

“The oldest one is from 2012.”

Even if they only saw about twenty victims each year, that easily exceeds 200 people.

“And they wouldn’t be doing this kind of business with only twenty people a year.”

The number of 200 that Park Do-joon caught was also the minimum.

“And they haven’t been caught once so far… Unbelievable.”

The superintendent was speechless. At this point, even if the police were criticized for incompetence, they would have nothing to say.

This isn’t just fraud; it’s planned slaughter. It’s just not visible due to the nature of the case.

“Currently, there are at least 120 people registered. We don’t know how many people have been sacrificed so far.”

That number excludes promotional or fake accounts. And even though they took pictures, their accounts were forcibly blocked before they could finish, so they don’t know who else has joined since then.

“Did you confirm the site’s address?”

“Yes, but it’s not in China.”

“Not in China?”

“No, it’s surprisingly managed from Southeast Asia… specifically, Myanmar.”

“Wait, there? Why?”

“China has the Golden Shield, so it’s impossible to run a site like this.”

China’s Golden Shield is, simply put, an internet surveillance program.

If a prohibited word appears, it’s 100% detected, and the site is shut down almost in real-time.

For example, if the word “Tiananmen” appears in China, it’s immediately flagged for surveillance. If words related to the Tiananmen Square incident, such as “revolution,” “1989,” or “June 4th,” appear, it’s automatically blocked.

“And organ trafficking is officially a target of surveillance in China.”

So, running the site from China would obviously be blocked.

“But that’s not the case in Myanmar.”

They don’t have the ability to operate a Golden Shield, and even if they wanted to, they don’t have the means to create one.

“It’s probably run by Koreans from China. Judging by the Korean they use, they’re fluent in Korean.”

However, mistaking the cornea for the retina suggests they’re not highly intelligent.

“Myanmar?”

The superintendent frowned.

“This is troublesome…”

“Indeed.”

Myanmar is a country that’s inaccessible from Korea.

It’s a country in extreme chaos, and the military and police are focused on finding anti-government forces after the coup, leaving criminal organizations openly unchecked.

Rather, taking advantage of the chaos, Myanmar’s criminal organizations are expanding their power.

“And many Chinese organizations have entered Myanmar, especially organ trafficking organizations.”

The superintendent nodded as if he knew.

“Why?”

“Because there are plenty of people to kidnap and sell organs from without any problems.”

Lee Ji-soo didn’t understand the superintendent’s words. It’s the same everywhere. Because of that, Park Do-joon had no choice but to explain it more easily.

“Funnily enough, China blocks organ trafficking.”

“Yes, isn’t that the problem?”

“To be exact, they pretend to block it, because it’s a competitive relationship.”

“Ah…”

Lee Ji-soo immediately understood the word “competitive relationship.” In the current situation, it’s definitely a competitive relationship. The Chinese government receives organs from numerous sources, such as death row inmates, Xinjiang Uyghurs, and Falun Gong practitioners.

“And competing with them are criminal organizations that kidnap people and sell their organs.”

Ironically, they’re competing, but the Chinese government has the power of public authority. And when two groups in a competitive relationship, especially two groups engaged in illegal activities, meet, the outcome is obvious.

“The problem is that Chinese violent organizations can’t beat the government.”

“Well, no matter how powerful Chinese violent organizations are, that’s impossible.”

“So, they started to get pushed out.”

That’s why it’s no secret to the police that many of them have moved to Southeast Asia.

“So, there’s no way to go to Myanmar and catch them?”

The incident occurred in China, but the website is managed in Myanmar. Lee Ji-soo frowned at the incredibly complex situation.

“Well, we have to try anyway.”

They can’t just leave it. They don’t know how many people are really being killed each year.

The number of 200 that Park Do-joon estimated was also the minimum, and with this kind of case, it wouldn’t be strange even if it were 200 people each year.

“But it’ll be difficult to ask for help from Myanmar, right?”

“That’s true.”

Due to the circumstances, Myanmar’s public authority has almost collapsed.

“Furthermore, according to rumors, they’re located in an area controlled by rebels. Even the government forces can’t enter.”

“Rebels?”

“Yes, they say it’s an area occupied by Karen rebels.”

It’s true that the current Myanmar military junta are bad guys. But does that mean the rebels are good guys? That’s not the case either.

Of course, not all rebels are shameless. But even among rebels of the same tribe, the operating methods and operating forces often differ depending on each faction.

“The Karen rebels are especially severe.”

While one side is recklessly advancing into the city to save protesters suffering under the Myanmar military junta, some are indiscriminately kidnapping Chinese and Myanmar citizens to raise money for the purpose of expanding their power after the chaos and engaging in organ trafficking.

“You don’t have to go far, how did the Chinese Communist Party seize power?”

“True.”

The Chinese Communist Party was being pushed back during the Chinese Civil War. But when Japan invaded, they declared a truce and said they would fight Japan.

However, as a result, the Chinese Communist Party later stabbed them in the back. While the Nationalist army was being decimated by the Japanese army, they pretended to fight while diverting troops, a huge amount of military supplies, and money.

And after the Japanese army withdrew, they literally crushed the weakened Nationalist army.

“Of course, it’s not like the Nationalist army was a decent army.”

At that time, the Nationalist army was also a group riddled with severe corruption and incompetence.

“Does that mean the Myanmar rebels are the same?”

“Yes.”

If there are enough troops, weapons, and money within the military in a situation where the chaos has been resolved, it’s not difficult to control a country.

“It’s no secret that some rebels are colluding with Chinese organ trafficking organizations and guarding them.”

As a result, the Myanmar military can’t easily touch them.

To be exact, if the Myanmar military tries to push them out, they have to push in fully, but then there’s a high possibility that the numerous rebels and citizens they’re suppressing will rise up.

“We can’t just leave it, can we?”

“We have to go to Myanmar, but…”

A situation that’s not just serious but bleak. In a situation where they have to find a way to solve this problem, they couldn’t hide their trouble. But the solution emerged from a completely unexpected place.

“A Korean citizen has gone missing in Myanmar.”

“Yes?”

Park Do-joon asked again, as if to confirm, at Yoon Tae-min’s words, who approached him as if he had been waiting for this moment.

“You said a Korean citizen has gone missing in Myanmar?”

“Are there any crazy people going there for tourism now?”

Myanmar is a dangerous place where bombs explode every now and then, and the military and police randomly shoot people if they don’t like them.

Logically, there’s no way there would be any crazy people going there now.

“No, does an airplane even go to Myanmar in the first place?”

“There are no national carriers, but there are still planes from other countries. Well, it’s not impossible to go via another country.”

“You know that’s not what I mean, right?”

Even the Korean residents who originally lived in Myanmar are returning to Korea in fear in the current situation. But why would a Korean crawl into such a Myanmar?

“Surely they didn’t go in from Korea? It seems they were tricked and kidnapped.”

“Tricked?”

“Yes, they originally worked in Taiwan.”

Originally, that person worked in Taiwan and was working as a programmer there.

“But a colleague told them that there was a good job in Thailand and asked them to go together.”

“Thailand?”

“Yes.”

“Well, Thailand is a relatively wealthy country.”

Koreans may look down on Thailand, but Thailand is one of the richest countries in Southeast Asia. In fact, there are quite a few Koreans who leave Korea and work in Thailand.

If the money they earn there is really ridiculously low, would they really go to work in Thailand?

“Well, Thailand is pouring a lot of money into fostering IT experts these days, right?”

“That’s right.”

The victim originally worked in Taiwan, but the living environment in Taiwan is not good, and decisively, due to the influx of IT majors from China, their salary has been frozen for several years.

“In the midst of that, they said there was an IT academy instructor position in Thailand with an annual salary of 150 million won [approximately $112,000 USD] and asked them to go together.”

“A friend?”

“Yes.”

“That’s quite a high salary.”

It’s a salary that’s hard to get even in Korea. In fact, to get that much, you have to be in the top 20% of the Korean IT industry, but if they were at that level, they wouldn’t have gone to Taiwan.

“So, did they go to Thailand?”

“Yes, but they were kidnapped there by someone and dragged away, ending with those words.”

“Kidnapped?”

“Yes, the last location they were found was in Myanmar.”

“Surely they didn’t enter Myanmar?”

“Of course not.”

Unless they’re crazy, why would an IT expert enter Myanmar now, thinking there’s something to eat?

“We believe that they were kidnapped and dragged away based on the circumstances.”