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E-book: Fiction
When Luisa Bianchi, an investigative officer for the Italian government, mysteriously disappears on her way to meet with a witness against corruption, it piqued the interest of Marcello Feretti – a former military intelligence officer who now works for a private security firm. He does not believe the official version of the “car accident” and begins his own investigation.
Meanwhile, in Italy, young journalist Iskra Noka (half-Slavic, born in Milan) investigates how billions of euros in drug money are being laundered through Italy, using transit networks from Albania and Serbia, controlled by a former paramilitary group called Kumërra. The money moves through food chains, transport companies and even churches. The scariest part – those who go against the system disappear without a trace.
When Marcello and Iskra cross paths, they discover that Luisa Bianchi was not the only one – dozens of officials, activists and locals have been “silenced”. The trail takes them through the ports of northern Italy, where refugees and illegal workers are used as cover, to the wild countryside of Sicily, where weapons and human trafficking are exchanged.
A major twist comes when they discover that a senior Italian bank vice president has also been killed after discovering links to money laundering transactions moving through the banking system. His daughter Bianca, initially reluctant, eventually joins the investigation and becomes a key player.
The seemingly fragmented information from across Europe begins to come together: Kumërra is not just a mafia – it is an international organization whose influence extends as far as Greece, where they are financed by small extremist parties and former commanders who fought in the war.
The police and security services have largely been bought off. But there is one person, Albanian prosecutor Andrin Hoxha, who has lost his brother to Kumërra and is willing to risk everything he holds dear to bring the truth to light.
