Interpol

Interpol is the international recipient of investigative material in the case of the dead immigrant boys. Its importance in the story is conveyed through a concrete result rather than an account of the organization’s internal structure: a dossier sent by Jeanette Kihlberg eventually helps produce a DNA match, bringing a missing-person inquiry from Kyiv into the Swedish investigation.

Role in the Investigation

Interpol enters the narrative as a cross-border route for information about the boys. The novel does not detail its procedures or identify particular personnel; instead, it links the organization to the movement of a dossier beyond the Swedish case team and to a later breakthrough.

The Dossier and DNA Match

Six months after Jeanette sent Interpol the dossier about the dead immigrant boys, the material has finally proved useful: a DNA match is reported. In the same sequence, Jeanette learns that Iwan Lowynsky, from the international-crime department of the Ukrainian security police in Kyiv, is trying to reach her about a missing person. The passages place the match and the new inquiry together, but do not specify whose DNA matched or state that Interpol itself identified the match.

Narrative Significance

The result changes the investigation’s immediate priorities. After hearing the news, Jeanette puts her other work aside and hurries through the crowd, treating the contact as urgent. Interpol’s limited but consequential role shows how evidence gathered in a Swedish inquiry can acquire new meaning through an international connection, while leaving the identity behind the match unresolved in this passage.