Eyal and Joan watched as Annie questioned the guard into one of the inquiry rooms. They had taken swabs of the scratches on his face hoping to find Ella's DNA on it. Joan joined Annie hoping that she could help in getting some intel.
Auggie was still trying to narrow down the flights. Hans' tablet hadn't been turned on since Ella had disappeared and therefore it was impossible to use it to trace his whereabouts.
Auggie turned and faced where Eyal was.
"You continuously pacing the floor is not going to help".
Eyal stopped and looked at him. "I feel helpless and it's not something I'm used to feeling".
"Maybe there is a way to get more information. You mentioned that these women were sold to important foreign business men and the only way to handle this kind of stuff is to go through the dark net".
Eyal nodded and grabbed a chair to sit next to Auggie. "It appears as though these sales take place once a quarter and the city where it's held changes every time".
"Alright, so we're looking for a sort of ad or forum that sells goods and would be doing it over the next couple of days, as the quarter is almost over".
Auggie started typing away all the while reading with his fingers the braille information that was coming up.
"They're not going to put it out in the open that they are selling women", said Eyal.
"That's obvious, although on the dark web, things like that are less taboo then you'd think. They would need to use something that would allow them to give as much information about the merchandise without brining on suspicions".
"What could they compare women to"? asked Eyal as he looked at the different ads and forums that were scrolling down on Auggie's screen. "Dogs, cats"?
Suddenly Auggie stopped scrolling down and smiled. "Nope. Cars".
"Cars"?
"Check out this ad. It's selling top quality rare international car models".
"Cars don't cover all nationalities".
"Agree", replied Auggie, "but they mention that some of the car models are coming from particular countries".
Eyal nodded. "Alright so what do we have; a Ferrari, an Audi, a Lotus, a Lexus and an Infiniti".
"That gives us an Italian, a German, English, Japanese and Chinese".
"No American", said Eyal as he shook his head.
"Hang on", said Auggie as he continued to scroll though the ad, "I think we've got ourselves a winner. The ad specifies that they are selling a very special Acura RLX Hybrid".
At first Eyal was going to protest that Acura wasn't American, then he remembered that Ella had both the Belgian and the American nationality. She was a hybrid.
Joan and Annie came in. "He's not talking and we can't break him".
"We might not need to", replied Eyal. "We may have found what we are looking for".
Both Eyal and Auggie explained what they had found.
"How do we get the date and whereabouts to this"? asked Joan.
"That is where it gets nearly impossible to obtain the information. You need to send in your bank statement and if it states less than 2 million US Dollars on it, you can't take part in the sale. After that, you're contacted with further details".
"Why can't we create a false account"? asked Annie.
"Trust me people who use the dark web have skills that will allow them to realize it's a cover. If we want in, we need to do it in a legit way".
Joan nodded "And I doubt that the CIA will put that much cash on an account for an op that we aren't even a 100% sure it's the right one. What about the Mossad? They've been trying to get Hans, can't they provide the cash"?
Eyal shook his head. "The Mossad doesn't even give a dime for their own agents, they're not going to hand over 2 million dollars to get Ella and Hans".
"We've hit a dead-end", said Auggie angrily. "We're so close"!
Annie looked at them. "There may be someone who can help", she said as she left the room and walked out of DPD.