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“Let's turn on some more light. How unfortunate that almost all of the day,

artificial light is required," she says and gets up towards the wall, flipping a
switch. The room is now fully illuminated by a pleasant light from the large,

antique chandelier hanging in the middle of the room.

"So we, Danish PET, got involved because of Johan's passport, which is of course
why I am here now," Tom says, settling in the chair better.

"It might be a coincidence that Gustav Kräsen just had the passport lying in a

drawer from his predecessor's time. When Johan solved tasks for the company, it
was the old Dieter Kräsen, who was executive vice president at the time, and

there are probably many things from his time. "
"What about the stolen jewellery and art, could that just be a coincidence as

well?"

"That specific jewellery belonged to the Russian Czar and has been reported
missing for more than 70 years ago. The Nazis basically seized it back in 1941.

Germany has a very inflamed relationship with that part of history and has, by all

means, tried to remedy and clarify what has been plundered and then return it.
Today, there are only such effects on the illegal market. Those who deal with the

"Nazi gold", as it is called, are big and well-organized criminal syndicates, but
fortunately there are very few of them."

"Frightening," she says.

"Alas, they are very hard to take down. All the intelligence agencies over the last
several years all suggests that one of the major criminal syndicates, dealing with

valuable art, is led by someone we know as the Dane."

"Surely you don't think my Johan has had anything to do with all this?" says
Beatrice, looking at him suspiciously.

"No," he says emphatically. "But I have to find out about his fate since he

disappeared. He is somehow tied up in this." Beatrice gets up and puts both
hands on the table as if to emphasize the weight of what she intends to say.

“When you called me yesterday, I came to think that there is no reason why I

still have things that have belonged to Johan, like pictures. The children are
adults and are no longer interested; they would rather forget him and I feel the

same way. In addition to your coming here, I think you should have his personal
things, and file them in his case, rather than me having them here to no avail. “