Chapter 1656 Evidence is useless
In the Orange Garden in the Netherlands, in Xiao Peng's planetarium, in Van der Laupe's bedroom, Xiao Peng sat in front of her bed with a sad face. He was sad not because Van der Laupe was seriously ill.
"Boss, I told you I'm fine. I'm almost dying of suffocation!" Van der Laupe said. Suddenly, she looked horrified and said, "Boss, is there something wrong with my body? Why do you look like that?"
After hearing this, Xiao Peng waved his hands hurriedly: "Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with your body."
"Then why do you look like this? You always look so sad?" asked van der Laupe.
Xiao Peng sighed and said, "Isn't it because someone forced you to do it?"
"What's wrong?" Van der Laupe had been ordered by Xiao Peng to rest these days and didn't know what had happened.
Xiao Peng sighed and said, "The Dutch police are absolutely the most irresponsible police in the world! I don't even dare to go out now!"
Of course he didn't dare go out, because now there were police and other people at the door - and they were not from the same country!
Everything went smoothly when they came back from the Czech Republic. He contacted William and told him that he had a batch of treasures to enter the country. William was also very helpful. He directly contacted the Dutch customs to simplify the border inspection procedures for him. As long as it was confirmed that he did not carry any prohibited items and registered them, he would be allowed to enter.
Isn't it perfectly normal for a 'salvage king' to bring treasures into the country? They even sent customs police to help maintain order.
As a result, the problem lies with this unlucky customs police.
In the Marvel movie "Spider-Man: Far From Home," there's a scene where Spider-Man wakes up in a Dutch police holding cell, surrounded by three fellow Dutch football fans. Spider-Man tries to find the guard, but one of his fellow fans tells him he's on break. Another fan then says he's probably on the phone because his wife is pregnant. After Spider-Man breaks the lock and escapes, he discovers the police are indeed on the phone. He then brazenly leaves the station, while the Dutch fans put the lock back on the cell door and remain there.
Before Xiao Peng arrived in the Netherlands, he thought it was a funny joke. How could the prisoners know so much about the police? But when he got here, he found out: Damn, it’s true. The police here don’t have any confidentiality at all!
They returned home in the afternoon. Before the doctor arrived at Orange Garden, reporters had already arrived and insisted on asking Xiao Peng about the treasure he brought back. Xiao Peng refused their interview. As a result, after one night, everyone in the streets and alleys knew that Xiao Peng had brought back a large number of jewelry from the Czech Republic.
Xiao Peng's first reaction was that Albrecht had sold him out, but he didn't expect Albrecht to be even more annoyed by the reporters! Albrecht investigated and discovered that the news had been leaked by the customs police who were helping to maintain law and order that day! The reporters were also not easy to deal with. Knowing that Xiao Peng had just returned from the Czech Republic and had visited Mount Vidofori, they assumed the most likely scenario was that Xiao Peng had found the Pristine treasure! What's more, some newspapers even published photos of Xiao Peng's treasure! In the photo, a policewoman wore Queen Libusch's aluminum crown and smiled foolishly!
Xiao Peng has a thousand MMPs in his mind about this matter and he doesn't know whether he should say them or not!
As Xiao Peng had predicted, the Czechs erupted in excitement after learning of this. Xiao Peng was now on the police's wanted list, though the charges weren't for "stealing national treasures" or "smuggling"—after all, they had no record of the wealth leaving the country. Xiao Peng insisted the jewelry hadn't been brought from the Czech Republic, so they couldn't do anything about it.
The reason why the Czech police are looking for Xiao Peng is: suspected of murder!
That's right, they had already dug up the frozen body and accused Xiao Peng of murder. Even if Albrecht had the dashcam video of the scene, it would be useless.
Europe is a strange place. Although they are all EU countries, different countries have different regulations on dashcams. Some countries allow their use, such as the UK, France, Russia and the Netherlands; some countries allow consumers to use them themselves, but the government will stop or discourage their use, such as Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland and the like; and there are countries like Austria where their use is completely prohibited.
Albrecht's car has a German license plate. According to German laws and regulations, the video footage cannot be made public or used as evidence. The same is true in the Czech Republic.
So even though there was a complete video of the whole incident, the Czech police did not use it. According to a Czech police spokesman, the deceased had a dispute with Xiao Peng before he was killed in the snow and his body was dumped in the wilderness. They wanted Xiao Peng to return to the Czech Republic to "assist in the investigation."
Albrecht was furious about this. His dashcam footage wasn't valid evidence, and he'd called the police immediately. They'd told him to ignore it, only to have the body dumped in the wilderness. How could he not want to curse?
But...he is powerless to do anything about this matter now.
He has his fair share of troubles.
He was also in the Czechs' "sniper target" - after all, he had returned to Germany with 20% of the jewelry.
He began to regret returning to Germany.
Now his old rival, Volkswagen, is taking advantage of his misfortune.
The Czech Republic claims to rely on the US for military and the EU for economy, but in reality, it relies primarily on Germany. Skoda, the Czech Republic's largest automaker, is a Volkswagen brand, and Volkswagen Group's connections within Czech elites are significant. The two sides quickly reached an agreement, exploiting the incident in various ways, much like keyboard warriors in China, to pressure Albrecht to return the treasures to the Czech Republic. While seemingly intended to pressure Albrecht, it was actually intended to pressure BMW and target its competitors.
Albrecht is not Xiao Peng: the latter has no other industries and is not afraid of anyone. He is a shareholder of the Bavarian Engine Manufacturing Plant, and now some people are proposing to expel him from the board of directors...
Xiao Peng's situation was slightly better: Czech police, though blocked at the entrance, couldn't cross the border to arrest him because they hadn't reached an agreement with the Netherlands. Although both countries were Interpol members, the Netherlands expressed disapproval of the Czech approach and refused to cooperate with the investigation. The Czech Republic applied for a European Arrest Warrant, a new EU-wide system replacing extradition, but the European Court of Justice rejected their application—after all, it was in the Netherlands.
So now, even though there are all kinds of people blocking his door every day, no one can do anything to Xiao Peng.
But this is like a toad lying on the back of your foot - it doesn't bite you, but it's disgusting!
Xiao Peng wants to slip away again...
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