It is 6.25am when police officers on duty at the train station stop the man carrying hand luggage. According to their report, later shared with Irish authorities, they establish that he is an Irish citizen. When they ask him what is in his luggage, he answers “books”. They decide to check for themselves. Instead, they find €903,000 in cash, which they immediately seize. The date is November 25, 2005. The city and country in which the train station is located remain a mystery – all we know is that it is “in Europe”. The police search has just triggered a…

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