National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 1054 - 987: Bad News is Exhausted

Chapter 1054: Chapter 987: Bad News is Exhausted

Progress of the mission: 245 people arrested.

Progress of the mission: 256 people arrested.

Jiang Yuan leans back on the couch, watching the numbers of the mission progress rise, and feels pretty good about it.

It feels just like earning passive income.

The same sum of money feels more valuable if it comes from rental income rather than earnings from a 996 work schedule.

Similarly, if someone else arrests more than 200 people for you, it would feel quite relaxing.

Jiang Yuan couldn’t help but stretch and yawn, as if he was back on that sweltering afternoon, collecting rent for his father, running up and down several buildings, feeling both hot and sleepy.

"Captain Jiang has had a long day. Do you want to take a break?" The cadres from the Beijing Bureau always seem to be exceptionally understanding.

Jiang Yuan laughs and waves his hand, saying, "No hurry, the front lines might still send over a lot of evidence, I’ll rest after reviewing them."

Duanda was an enterprise that went legit early on, and before it was exposed, no one knew exactly how much corruption was inside. Even now, it’s not entirely clear to everyone.

Even Jiang Yuan and his team can only confirm through Lao Pu that Duanda’s chairman, Lü Qiang, was involved in instigating murder, but the fact that Lao Pu got caught had an element of chance in it.

Moreover, if it were just Pu Li alone, taking down Lü Qiang would require a lot of work. So despite being an old gangster, Pu Li knows how things work.

It takes someone with criminal investigation abilities like Jiang Yuan, with administrative power and fame as a police officer, along with supportive leadership, to successfully handle this case; every part is indispensable.

Without supportive leadership, it would be difficult to authorize the search and blockade of Duanda, and without a police officer like Jiang Yuan with criminal investigation capabilities, leaders cannot just rush in to solve the case. Without solid evidence and case files, the case would be unsolvable.

As for what lies beneath Lü Qiang in the crime depths of Duanda, where even the insiders may not communicate with each other, it’s hard to say. Some may really stop doing dark deeds after going legit, but others, whether from path dependency or passively, might just return to their old methods.

Even in the business wars of 10 years ago, Duanda’s executives probably would not resort to any sophisticated tactics; it may all come down to plain and simple maneuvers.

For these potential cases, as long as a thread is found, they can still be cracked.

For example, those Duanda individuals who have been arrested need to have their DNA and fingerprints collected first, and statistically, someone is bound to slip up in some cases.

Besides, reasons like Lao Pu’s arrest, identical weapons used in crimes, or other similar tools involved, could all possibly be linked to some cases.

In the midst of our conversation, photos began to be transmitted to the backend.

The dozen or so Criminal Science officers prepared by Jiang Yuan immediately went into work mode.

Those in Criminal Science know that evidence is like cockroaches; when you spot one, a family of nobility spanning four generations awaits you.

When police officers collect evidence, they never take just one piece. In reality, if there’s really little evidence at the scene, requiring only one piece to be collected, they’ll even take the crap-stained rat sticks from the trash and coat them for physical and chemical testing.

But if there’s a lot of evidence at the scene, requiring many pieces to be collected, they might miss some, or they might just pack up the entire room and take it back, or even mix multiple pieces of evidence in one evidence bag.

Therefore, nowadays larger police squads, or small squads dealing with big cases, send their own Criminal Science team to collect physical evidence. The main focus is clear responsibility.

Jiang Yuan first checks the fingerprints.

Fingerprints and DNA are the most direct evidence pointing to a person. It will take a few more hours for DNA results, but fingerprint analysis is faster and also quite particular.

Jiang Yuan, in his early days in Changyang City, participated in a fingerprint battle using existing fingerprints to solve old cases.

The principle is the same. The newly collected fingerprints are complete fingerprints; all fingers have to roll over the device, revealing all fingerprint information before it’s enough.

As is well known, the fingerprints left at a crime scene can only be partial. When facing such fingerprints, trace examiners draw out the distinctive features of the prints and wait for the system to match them, which is the most common approach.

But marking the characteristic points of newly collected fingerprints correctly is also very important.

The so-called fingerprint matching, to those who don’t understand, might seem like a magical image comparison technique, but in the end, it still boils down to numerical comparison primarily.

In a nutshell, it’s a bilateral endeavor. It requires the person in charge of fingerprints on both sides to work enthusiastically and to the best of their ability in order to increase the likelihood of a successful match.

And everyone knows that a single fingerprint has about 100 characteristic points.

It’s rare for technicians to mark so many characteristic points on newly collected fingerprints.

One reason is the limitation of time, and the other is the limitation of technology.

Some characteristic points are just hard to determine and label, and it’s easy to make mistakes. Full fingerprints are not necessarily easier to label than the partial ones collected from the scene.

After all, the technicians responsible for marking fingerprints are mostly beginners at the LV0.5 to LV1 level. In a society where "you get what you pay for" prevails, one cannot expect rookie police officers with a monthly salary of 5000 to exhibit remarkable creativity and sense of responsibility.

But Jiang Yuan is genuinely capable of marking 100 characteristic points.

And he doesn’t feel it to be a significant burden.

It’s like marking 100 unique points on a map. For those who haven’t been trained, even if they are diligent, the marking can be arduous and prone to errors.

But if trained, especially well-trained, then it’s just a matter of craftsmanship.

Therefore, when Jiang Yuan marks one person’s fingerprints, it’s equivalent to marking 1000 characteristic points. Using 1000 characteristic point to run a database search, the chances of making a match are relatively higher.

In fact, it won’t be much higher, because if there are only 8 characteristic points in the database they will pop up, and if needed, even those with 6 characteristic points will show up. Jiang Yuan just increases this probability.

However, in such a context, when the first suspect’s fingerprints are marked, and matches pop up right away, Jiang Yuan can’t help but praise: Bad luck for you!

Bad luck for you*2!

Bad luck for you*3!

Consecutive matches heat up the atmosphere in the conference room.

Even Jiang Yuan hadn’t expected so many suspects to be matched.

"This Duanda, seems to have quite a few criminals, huh." When Jiang Yuan got the fifth match, he was already a bit tired, but honestly, he had only marked 12 suspects so far.

"There’s a higher number of small cases matched, which probably weren’t given much attention before," said Tao Lu, who was sitting close by because of Song Tiancheng, adding: "Years-old minor cases that weren’t solved back then just got dropped. They didn’t get their fingerprints at the time, letting them slip through."

"That’s how it goes when they’ve been whitewashed; you no longer have any reason to take their fingerprints," Song Tiancheng nodded, wrapping up the story.

Tao Lu smiled and said, "Fortunately, now that these cases have been confirmed, we can use them to draw these people back out."

"Yeah, these people have been living a life of luxury for a long time, they wouldn’t want to go to prison," Song Tiancheng said while glancing at his cellphone. "Let’s involve the Economic Investigation Department."

"Yes," Tao Lu responded immediately. With this development, the jurisdiction over the cases would also become more favorable. Tao Lu then asked, "Shall we issue a public announcement?"

The announcement was prepared in advance. Naturally, it’s necessary to be prepared for listed companies.

Song Tiancheng nodded: "Go ahead and post it. I wonder if the stock price is going to crash."

One hour later.

The Economic Investigation Department’s officers arrived at the conference room with great fanfare.

At the same time, Duanda’s stocks successfully hit the daily limit.

Bearish news exhausted, all is bullish—Duanda’s premium edition.