Holy Roman Empire

It's just that the domestic situation in Austria was stable at that time, and there was no sign of large-scale anti-Semitism. Leo Cohen hesitated for a while.

Then, come in.Until he was arrested and imprisoned, Leo Cohen didn't understand how he ended up.

The usual network of contacts, not to mention providing him with a safe haven, did not even send out the most basic danger warning.

Although Austria is very strict about corruption investigations, it is not difficult for a big capitalist like Leo Cohen.

Direct bribery is not acceptable, but no one can stop the indirect transfer of benefits.Especially after having your own bank, it is even more difficult to be supervised.

Leo Cohen was able to walk in the evil and gray areas and create such a large foundation, relying on the power transaction under the transfer of interests.

The trading time has been long, and each other has caught each other's tricks. Now everyone is a grasshopper on the same rope.

If something happens to Leo Cohen, everyone can be dragged into the water. According to the current laws of the Austrian government, no one can escape.

It was because he had enough bargaining chips in his hands that Leo Cohen couldn't figure out why he would become an abandoned child.

At this time, a middle-aged police chief and several prison guards walked in, picked up batons and suppressed the chaotic crowd with punches and kicks.

Before Leo Cohen felt grateful for his escape, the middle-aged police chief snapped, "No matter what your identities are outside, you all have the same identities here—criminals.

If you want to get out of here alive, then be honest with me!Otherwise, if something unexpected happens, you will be responsible for all the consequences. "

The sheriff's clamor is not without reason. The Alps Tarot Prison also has a famous name-the gate of hell.

Those who are eligible to be imprisoned here are all felons who have proven evidence and are waiting for the final verdict of the court.

Generally speaking, people who enter here, even if they are not sentenced to death, will be sentenced to at least 30 years of labor reform.

The prison guards naturally don't need to be polite when dealing with this group of repeat offenders.The so-called leaving alive is nothing more than transferring from this prison to the Middle East or Africa where the conditions are even worse.

Hearing the warning from the middle-aged sheriff, Leo Cohen knew that things were going to get worse.

There is only one reason prison guards don't care about their lives, and that is that they will all be executed.Only when it is certain that they will be sentenced to death, no one cares how they die.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, the middle-aged police chief nodded in satisfaction, and said slowly: "Who is Leo Cohen, someone is here to visit the prison."

Everyone's eyes turned to Leo Cohen. They were all in the same circle. Even if they didn't know him, they looked familiar.

Under the current situation, if there are still people who do not avoid suspicion and dare to come to visit the prison, it is definitely a life-and-death friendship.

Seeing everyone's envious and jealous expressions, Leo Cohen could only feel bitter secretly.

You must know that he has just been arrested, even if there are relatives and friends who do not avoid suspicion and are willing to rush over to visit, it is absolutely impossible to be so fast.

Then the identity of the person who looks at it now is self-evident.Leo Cohen heard very clearly that it was "visiting prison" rather than "bail". The difference in one word has a thousand different meanings.

Seeing the impatient look on the face of the middle-aged sheriff, Leo Cohen, who is good at observing words and expressions, hurriedly got up and replied: "Mr. Sheriff, I am Leo Cohen, may I ask..."

Before Leo Cohen could finish speaking, the middle-aged police chief interrupted: "If you are told to go there, go there. There is so much nonsense."

Curiosity killed the cat. This is the experience accumulated by Manuel over the years of work. Manuel never asks about things that should not be asked.

Leo Cohen arrived in the reception room with a disturbed mood. Manuel decisively chose to dodge, and even the prison guards in charge were evacuated 100 meters away.

Leo Cohen, who had no confidence, was the first to ask, "Sir Ryders, how is the situation outside?"

Rydes shook his head: "The situation is very bad, Mr. Leo. So far, thousands of people have been imprisoned.

In recent years, you have gone too far, and many people dislike you, so that there are so many people who have fallen into trouble now.

As an old friend, we will find a way to get you out, but the current situation is a bit complicated, we must first control the situation and try not to let the situation escalate.

You also have to prepare for the worst if the situation gets out of hand.Of course, this is only if, the possibility of happening is very small.

You should know how powerful we are. Even if the situation gets out of control, we will guarantee that your family will not be implicated, and we will send them abroad when necessary. "

Hearing this answer, Leo Cohen's face turned pale.Ryders seemed to be comforting, but in fact he was warning, telling him clearly: talking nonsense will kill the whole family.

Now I can't go out without being tried by the court, and it is even more impossible to go out after being convicted.

It is impossible to catch a single suspect, and it is even more useless to catch a convicted felon.It's not a question of whether you want it or not, but that no one can do it at all.

Unless Franz personally issued a pardon, otherwise, according to Austrian law, releasing criminals without authorization is the same crime.

Even if there are officials who are bold and dare to take risks, the people below dare not implement them.

There are too many people involved, and if there is a problem in any link in the middle, all participants will die together.

There are lessons learned from the past. There was a classic case a few years ago, where a second generation directly cheated more than 100 people.

This wave is considered lucky. If a death row inmate is released and everyone has to accompany them to hell, it will be a tragedy.

He heard a lot of similar cases, and Leo Cohen didn't think he was qualified to let the big shots behind him save them with their wealth and lives.

"Don't worry, Sir Ladders, I won't cause you any trouble. But the situation here is a bit complicated. I'm afraid I can't stand it with my small body. Can you say hello for me?"

There is no way, if you can't get out for a while, then you can only find a way to make your life better.

Ryders smiled slightly and said, "No problem, we've taken care of it. Mr. Leo, if you need anything, you can tell the prison guards directly, as long as we can meet it, we will provide it."

After the brief prison visit was over, Ryders breathed a sigh of relief.It's good if you don't talk nonsense, otherwise they may not be able to hold back if the problem is exposed.

After hesitating again and again, Ryders made a decision deep in his heart: "This Leo Cohen can't stay."

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Chapter 83 Small Cabinet

In the evening, a manor on the outskirts of Vienna was brightly lit. Under the cover of a reception, Ledes quietly stepped into a secret room.

"Now that everyone is here, let's get started!"

The one who spoke was Count Witters, who was the Austrian Finance Secretary at the time, and a powerful figure in the top [-] power rankings in the Vienna government.

The other people in the room are naturally not idle people.Except for Sir Ryders, who is in charge of external contacts, the others are high-ranking government officials.

Anyone who is familiar with Austrian politics will find here that there are senior officials from the Ministry of Finance, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Taxation Bureau, Police Department, Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and six key government departments.

It is almost a replica of a small cabinet. If this is exposed, the Vienna government will have a magnitude [-] earthquake tomorrow.

However, at this moment, this group of big shots are all sitting upright with apprehensive expressions, as if the sky is falling.

Paul Bodis, Director of Internal Affairs of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, was the first to speak: "The current situation is very serious, His Majesty is very dissatisfied with the current situation, and has ordered a thorough investigation.

The Anti-Corruption Bureau, the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and the Police Department have all intervened, and even the Intelligence Bureau may intervene.

Director Genero has sensed that there is an internal problem, and directly ordered the heads of the investigation teams to be responsible to him alone.

Now, as the director of internal affairs, I can only have access to part of the investigation materials.How far the investigation has gone is yet to be ascertained. "

After speaking, Paul Bodis' mood sank.

Deep down in his heart, he has already regretted it. You must know that he is not short of money, but he couldn't resist the temptation for a while, and got involved in these bad things.

Seeing that he will be retiring next year, the anti-Semitic movement occurred at this critical time, and the problem of covering up was immediately brought to the fore.

It's a pity that there is no medicine for regret in this world. The capitalists' money is not easy to get, and they have to do things with the money.

Skynet is restored, sparse but not leaky.No matter how concealed the transfer of benefits, when encountering power transactions, there will be clues left.

The Jewish capitalists involved are all in jail, and anyone who lets go may bite them out.

Of course, these transactions were all carried out through white gloves, and they, the big shots, never showed their faces from the beginning to the end. In theory, they can abandon the car to protect the handsome, and presume that they don't know.

It's just that this is only in theory. The crux of the issue is not whether they have collected money, but that they have indeed provided convenience to the Jewish capitalists involved.

Occasionally, it can be called an accident, but if there are too many times, can it still be called an accident?

Even if the Jewish capitalists who are arrested are stubborn and refuse to admit it, they may still be suspected if they are slowly investigated through these clues.

In politics, sometimes evidence is not needed. Evidence is just a weapon to send them to prison, not a necessity. In many cases, just doubt can make them go home and farm.

This is not a good thing. What can be suppressed when the power is in hand does not mean that it can be suppressed when going home to farm.

The Austrian government's accountability is permanent. Even if you meet God, you can recover the stolen money, let alone a living person?

If you want to get out of the body, you must clean up all these messy things. This is the reason why everyone gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

Earl Waiters nodded: "This is expected, since the government suddenly ordered the arrest of Jewish capitalists, it means that the higher authorities have suspected that there are ghosts in the government.

The key is that we were too negligent, and forgot that the above has tolerated the Jewish capitalists to the limit, which is why today's disaster happened. "

Capital has no borders, but capitalists have borders, but Jewish capitalists belong to the kind without borders.

Everyone is equally bad, but ordinary capitalists have a higher degree of identification with Austria. When it comes to national interests, most people still choose to stand by the motherland.

Only Jewish capitalists have always stood with interests, never considering national interests, and even often confronted the government for interests.

Where there is contrast, there is harm.The reckless behavior of the Jewish capitalists naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of the Vienna government.

However, the Jewish capitalists who were blinded by their interests could not see these. Not only did they not make corrections, but they challenged the government's bottom line "once, twice, and again and again".

The anti-Semitic movement that broke out in continental Europe is really not wronged.As far as the actions of Jewish capitalists are concerned, the governments of various countries basically follow their example.

Whether it is "manipulating stock prices", "hoarding odds", "shoddy goods", "abuse of labor", or "collusion with foreign hostile forces, conspiracy..." Jewish capitalists have personally participated.

This is also the fundamental reason why the Jews quickly fell into a situation where everyone shouted and beat them after the anti-Semitic movement broke out.

It's all solid evidence, even if they want to defend, they don't know where to start.

Even Count Waiters, an interest group closely related to Jewish capitalists, never stood up to defend the Jews during the anti-Semitic movement.

Of course, this is also related to the targets locked by the Austrian government, and the scope of the attack is on that small group.

Acting in full accordance with the law, in the face of solid criminal evidence, even ordinary Jews feel that these capitalists deserve it.

Anti-Corruption Bureau Internal Affairs Chief Paul Bodis shook his head: "Not only for these reasons, but more importantly, the pigs have been fattened.

The currently seized assets alone have exceeded 35 billion Aegis, plus the confiscated cash and some assets that have not yet been counted, it is possible to exceed 40 billion Aegis in the end.

This asset is equivalent to the fiscal revenue of the central government for more than ten years, or six times the sum of the fiscal revenue of all states.

Even if it is handled by the government, all these assets have shrunk by half, which is still 20 billion Aegis.

With this money, there will be no shortage of money for our Near East development program.Domestic urban reconstruction and road expansion projects can also be started.

This is similar to the work we do. For corrupt officials with strong handling ability and less destructive power, even if they have evidence, they will usually fatten them up before killing them. "

It can be heard from the disdainful tone that Paul Bodis does not have a good impression of the Jewish capitalists. If he did not involve himself, he would go up and down.

No, he's already done it to the Jewish capitalists.To be precise, it was the high level of the Austrian government who stabbed the Jewish capitalists together.

No matter how good an order is, it needs someone to execute it. Looking at the number of Jewish capitalists arrested, we can see that the cooperation of various government departments is very good this time.

Except for a few lucky people who were not in the country and escaped temporarily, the others who were to be arrested were basically caught.

The same is true for the subsequent seizure of assets, which can be completed in a short period of time, which is also the result of the cooperation of various departments.

In theory, they still have time to tip off.

As high-level members of the Austrian government, no matter how secret the cabinet is, they will receive the news before the ordinary police receive the order.

Of course, the reason why everyone gave up reporting the letter was more because of the risk.

To put it bluntly, everyone is just a partner in terms of interests, and no one really regards the Jewish capitalists as their own.

No one knew in advance that the government would investigate to the end, and everyone present had the idea of ​​taking the opportunity to kill the Jewish capitalists and avoid future troubles.

Count Waiters: "Whether it is raising pigs or not is not important now, the Jewish capitalists are doomed this time.

As a matter of urgency, we still have to find a way to get out.

Sir Ladders, you have been in contact with them, is it possible for them to deny it? "

The little transparent Laides hurriedly replied: "Your Excellency, capitalists are soft bones. Even if we have their families in hand, it will be difficult for them to..."

Earl Waiters nodded: "In this case, we can only take extraordinary measures.

Alberti, you are the professional in this area. What can you do? "

Chapter 84 I'm Full

Hearing the word "professional", Alberti frowned.With a conscience in heaven and earth, killing and silence is really not his specialty, his essential job is to catch criminals.

I want to justify, but considering that this is a critical moment, I can't care about these small details.

Alberti shook his head: "Your Excellency, the news is very tight now, and there are too many people involved, it is difficult for us to silence it without attracting the attention of the outside world."

This is inevitable, if one or two prisoners have an accident, it is justified, if dozens of people have an accident at the same time, everyone will know that there is a problem.

It is not difficult to kill people and silence them, but the key is how to deal with the government's subsequent investigation after the silence.Any clues exposed will knock them out of the mundane world.

Hearing this answer, the atmosphere in the room became even more dull.I don't know who took the lead to light the cigar, and the secret room was filled with smoke for a while.