Chapter 12 – The Puppeteers
Chapter 12 – The Puppeteers Karen sat in a silent storage room, lit only by the glow of her encrypted tablet. Her fingers flew over the touchscreen, decrypting file after file she had ripped from Horizon Network’s secure server. Her heart pounded as each folder revealed darker truths. She read aloud quietly, recording for Salty: “Operational funds from Brussels… Horizon Network officially registered as an EU border management contractor… mass migrant transfers under ‘integration labour programmes’… backdoor payments to Irish government departments for silent authorisations…” Her stomach twisted with disgust. The documents showed it all – Dublin’s top officials, ministers, Garda commissioners, and city planners accepting monthly payments routed through Horizon’s “urban resilience” budget. In return, they allowed The Snake’s trafficking empire to operate unchallenged, under the illusion of humanitarian aid and migrant integration quotas mandated by Brussels . She swiped furt...