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[Righty007]

Where did it come from and how did it lead to Slate? I'm still confused.

[Se7en]

Not sure where it came from but didn't it have a tracking device in it?

[Captain Tightpants]

They were probably ableto trace the serial number back to Haiti: ie, the money Quantum paid to Mitchell came from the account Slate had.

[dogmanstar]

No tracking device; it was planted by MI6. They traced it using the serial numbers that MI6 had fed into Le Chiffre's organization. At least that's what I got . . . .

[Se7en]

No tracking device; it was planted by MI6. They traced it using the serial numbers that MI6 had fed into Le Chiffre's organization. At least that's what I got . . . .

Ohh i see. Thanks for clearing that up as i was a little confused myself.

[dogmanstar]

Just got home five minutes ago, so it's fresh

[Wronschien]

But how exactly - and when - were the bills marked ? I mean did mi6 have access to Le Chiffre accounts at any time ? Was it before the poker game in CR ? Or else after he was shot ? And then how comes Quantum didn't realize that ?

And btw, I'm new here so... hello !

[ACE]

Le Chiffre was being monitored by MI6 well before the Casino Royale affair. As a result of this surveillance, Le Chiffre cash was tagged. Some of this tagged money was found in the possession of Mitchell, the traitorous MI6 agent.

When M regrets his death only because they seemingly have no lead to follow. Oh no, Ma'am, the boffins at MI6 say, we have traced other tagged Le Chiffre funds. Indignant, M says that doesn't say much because it would be in common circulation. Even she might have "a [tagged] tenner" in her own pocket. Ah, says smug Treasury boffin, but the money they have traced is the exact same numerical sequence as that found with Mitchell. This proximity of serial numbers means the funds must have come from the same source. Capiche? Clever eh?

The trace leads them to a geologist, Edmund Slate, staying at a hotel in Port Au Prince. However, Slate has been discovered by Green trying to pass information on to Camille. She has arranged to meet him at the hotel with a briefcase as recognition code. Green has the geologist killed (it is his body floating in the Haitian docks) and replaced with an assassin to kill whoever was set up to meet him (hence to empty dossier and hidden gun in the case). Bond intervenes, kills said assassin and then, upon leaving, collects the briefcase which is the recognition sign for Camille.

[Wronschien]

Well ok I had understood the QOS part, only I didn't know when was the money tagged, thanks

[Double-Oh Agent]

The trace leads them to a geologist, Edmund Slate, staying at a hotel in Port Au Prince. However, Slate has been discovered by Green trying to pass information on to Camille. She has arranged to meet him at the hotel with a briefcase as recognition code. Green has the geologist killed (it is his body floating in the Haitian docks) and replaced with an assassin to kill whoever was set up to meet him (hence to empty dossier and hidden gun in the case). Bond intervenes, kills said assassin and then, upon leaving, collects the briefcase which is the recognition sign for Camille.

Nice summation, ACE.

[Star 2350]

My feeling was that Camille had been in a secret deal with an unnamed geologist who she's never actually seen. She went to meet him, with a briefcase as an identifier, but Mr Slate (Neil Jackson) had taken his place. In the meantime, Bond in turn took Slate's place.

Camille arrives thinking she's picking up the real geologist, when in fact the intention is, from Greene's end, is that Mr Slate gets in the car with the case and kills her.

However, this never happens as Slate is dead. Bond opens the case, which has a document on top, presumably to win Camille's instant confidence once 'the geologist' opens it. He then finds the photo and gun underneath. The Haitian gang member who Bond steals the bike from was also in on Greene's deal.

The REAL geologist is floating in the docks, Mr Slate is left for dead in the hotel.

I'm still unsure about the money tracing too, I initially thought that the 'Le Chiffre' money was the money Vesper took from the bank in Venice but it can't be. I think the scene was rushed a little in QoS.

[Captain Tightpants]

Where did it come from and how did it lead to Slate? I'm still confused.

MI6 had been trying to get int Le Chiffre's operations for a long time; they had a full file on him, complete with known associates. The best they could do was to get some marked bills into circulation in his money laundering operations. They proably just had the serial numbers tagged so that if ever one was found again, MI6 would know where it had ome from; they used it to map some of his dealings around the world. I gather that Le Chiffre actually handled quite a bit of Quantum's finances because marked bills turned up not only in Craig Mitchell's apartment, but in the bank account owned by Edmund Slate, probably the downpayment on killing Camille.