After the dispute ended, the investigation into the Mekong River incident also came to a close. The criminals received the punishment they deserved, and the victims were compensated.
At that point, the Nawa region proposed to the other regions that they retain the joint investigation team and establish a cooperative platform to combat crime.
The platform would coordinate cooperation among the regions as they cracked down on organized crime and other offenses, allowing them to fight criminal activity together.
After all, the joint investigation team had done an outstanding job capturing Ruka. Its work had dealt a significant blow to the various criminal operations along the Mekong River, and the area had recently become more stable.
Still, the regions all knew this was only temporary. Once the investigation team left, crime would inevitably spring back up.
So they all felt a cooperative platform was needed to fight crime along their borders together.
Under these circumstances, the Cooperative Platform to Combat Crime was officially established.
The organization was divided into three departments: logistics, external relations, and operations.
Zhen Zhen had distinguished herself during the previous joint investigation, and the regions also wanted Nawa to contribute more. So they appointed her head of the platform's operations department.
Zhen Zhen was happy with the job. It wouldn't interfere with her existing work, and she cared deeply about fighting organized crime. What's more, she'd have the chance to work with Wang Yue.
The Cooperative Platform to Combat Crime had barely been established, and its headquarters hadn't even been built when the external relations department brought in a case. The operations department now had its first assignment.
A Hong Kong police officer named Ma Haotian had a case involving a small drug-dealing outfit operating west of the Golden Triangle.
The gang's leader was called Eight-Faced