The Netherlands had always been a haven for criminals.
Back before Hong Kong Island returned to the Motherland's embrace, many local gangsters would flee straight to the Netherlands after committing crimes.
Under those circumstances, it went without saying how dark the Netherlands' underbelly was.
Yet the Netherlands' crime rate was relatively low, both within Europe and even worldwide.
The reason lay in the peculiarities of Dutch law.
Activities that constituted crimes in many countries were legal in the Netherlands.
Thus, once the Hong Kong Island Police Force identified Wong Hoi-wo's circumstances and contacted Interpol in the Netherlands, they uncovered quite a few valuable leads.
Wong Hoi-wo had made his fortune in the Netherlands, so naturally, he could not have been operating alone.
A large portion of the leads the Hong Kong Island Police Force uncovered by following the trail were actually of little value.
One of them, however, immediately caught Su Kin-chiu's attention.
Many of Wong Hoi-wo's activities in the Netherlands had very subtle ties to the DOA Foundation behind the scenes.
Su Kin-chiu was, after all, one of the young officers whom the Police Force's National Security Department was focusing on cultivating.
Not only was he one of Lau Bo-keung's trusted subordinates, but he had also once served directly under Zhou Quan.
Moreover, with his appointment to a department as critical as the Political Investigation Department, he generally knew about any developments within the Police Force.
His own top boss had paid particular attention to the DOA Foundation's establishment in Central on Hong Kong Island, and had even instructed the Commercial Crime Bureau to launch an investigation into it.
Now it was confirmed that Wong Hoi-wo had been directing money laundering operations, and he also had countless ties to the DOA Foundation.
With all these factors combined, how could