The National Security Department had always been highly efficient. After less than three days of coordination, the multinational joint operation officially began.
The Operations Security Department and the International Affairs Department dispatched two operations teams, mixing their personnel into several Action Groups that headed to Southeast Asia and Europe respectively.
Kong Chi Lap led the operations in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Lok Kai-cheung took the other operations team to Europe to cooperate with the military and police departments of the countries involved.
Just as Zhou Quan had instructed, neither of them competed with local law enforcement for command of the local operations.
They would not even venture onto the most dangerous front lines unless necessary.
It was not that they feared death, but that they wanted to reduce unnecessary casualties.
Those messes were best left to local law enforcement to resolve themselves.
This operation had no bearing on Hong Kong Island's actual interests.
Therefore, all personnel involved were to treat it as going through the motions and adding a little shine to their records.
The countries involved naturally understood just how great a threat the underworld's child soldier training camps posed.
Even without the Hong Kong Island Police Force's involvement, they would spare no effort in cracking down on those utterly depraved child soldier training camps.
Otherwise, ordinary people under their rule would probably vote against their governing organizations and take to the streets in protest.
That was precisely why this transnational operation proceeded so smoothly.
Neither Zhou Quan nor Chow Sing Sing, who had originally been expected to possibly step in and keep things under control, left Hong Kong Island.
In Europe, the Hong Kong Island Police Force had no interest in commanding the operations and merely provided intelligence support.
As a result, Lok Kai-cheung and his team received quite