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Federal Truth and Reconciliation Committee submits findings to Kundrati Legebiltzarra
[1 February 5467]
Two years ago, a bill held up in committee finally passed the Legebiltzarra as the Corrupt Organisations and Practices Act 5459 went through as a way to give the Kundrati law enforcement community the ability to crack down on mafia-like institutions. Those arrested and convicted under this law will have all their ill-gotten gains seized alongside an additional 350,000 Kuno fine and up to 25 years in jail per charge.
This law also has a particular purpose for the Federal Truth and Reconciliation Committee: it allows the holding of those who were being investigated and who could be charged.
The FTRC's purview deals with the influence Beiteynu had in Kundrati, among other things; people in Beiteynu and with Beiteynuese citizenship may pose a problem for such a law. As a compromise, it was decided that those who had participated in illegal activities under Kundrati law would have their Kundrati assets seized and be charged, tried, and convicted in absentia. The results would be sent to their Yeudi counterparts so they could deal with their trials related to this Act.
Ahead of the FTRC, Jakobus van Slooten has stated today that the investigation will be winding down. The reason was that the Beiteynuese King had died. van Slooten stated that the investigation hinged on whether or not the King and his family were involved in meddling with Kundrati's affairs and that the intent was for the King to provide his testimony regarding what his family had done and what truly happened in the audio leak of long ago. With the King dead, that avenue has been shut for good.
In the report sent to the Legebiltzarra (which has been dubbed the Greenfield Report), the FTRC concluded that Beiteynu had an undue influence on Kundrati's affairs. Through the TRA of long ago, the Hulaneveks amassed political power and used that power to ensure that the country would adopt policies and measures to align with Beiteynu. The report clarified that this was economically helpful and did not deny its effects on Kundrati's economic, foreign, and military power today. However, this meant that Kundrati was thought to repay the favor and help Beiteynu wherever needed.
The report states that the reason that the King of Beiteynu's death complicates the report's findings was that it closed the ability of the Commission to verify the statements of the second book of The Meddling Affairs. However, the Commission states that the House of Elior has likely amassed so much political power behind the scenes in Beiteynu that they used the Hulaneveks of Kundrati as a puppet. The resulting assassinations of Bruahilan Hulanevek, former TRA General Director Milu Milu, and the Ambassador of Kundrati to Beiteynu Tomas Masarik, therefore, were politically motivated to ensure Kundrati not "rock the boat." Thus, the House of Elior was the main conduit for Kundrati being controlled by Beiteynu.
In addition, the House of Elior seemingly tried to rock Kundrati-Luthori relations by trying to interfere in public opinion and politics of both nations to become envious and angered at one another to assist in growing Beiteynuese power. Where this didn't work, the Eliors tried to force Kundrati to sign an alliance with Dorvik, allowing Dorvish intelligence to base its base on the island of Etxea. That meant that when Beiteynu and Dorvik eventually broke up over, privately, the fate of the Beikun Fleet maintained by Kundrati and Beiteynu, it would force Kundrati to join up with Beiteynu - though the Commission clarified that this may have been a side effect of the actions of the House of Elior and not necessarily done by the Eliors themselves.
The report highlighted Cunnington Marit, who was seen as an honorable man who led the TRA through to helping Kundrati unwittingly to grow in power even though it was likely that he and his superiors wished for Kundrati to, according to the report, move differently to a pro-Yeudi stance beneath Beiteynu. The report, therefore, exonerates Marit and states that the higher-ups above him may have eliminated him due to Kundrati's growth. The House of Elior, according to the book, made Marit the scapegoat and when investigations in the 5280s tried to figure out Beiteynuese influence in Kundrati all the blame would go not to the Eliors but to Marit.
The report also states William Hulanevek's testimony, which is integral to the report. They note, however, that the Benowitzs (and especially Sikreet) had done witness intimidation by attempting to encourage Hulanevek not to "rock the boat" and assaulting Hulanevek when he persisted.
The report concludes that various members of the Beikun shipping, defense, finance, media and entertainment, and foreign relations sectors of the economy and government were complicit in the affairs of the House of Elior and other vital houses of Kundrati and Beiteynu, stating that these people had been used and had used the House of Elior and the Hulaneveks to attempt their growth and to take advantage of potential faults in the Beikun alliance.
As a result of all of this, the report states that the House of Elior and the Hulaneveks be charged under the COP Act 5459 under the following provisions:
>>Violation of provincial or community statutes against gambling, murder, kidnapping, extortion, arson, robbery, bribery, dealing in obscene matter, dealing in a controlled substance or listed chemical
>>Any act of fraud, embezzlement, theft, counterfeiting, obstruction of justice, slavery, racketeering, gambling, money laundering, commissioCommissionr for hire, and other offenses and laws
>>Money laundering and related offenses
>>Acts of terrorism, including violations of the Human Security Act
The report states that Sikreet Benowitz be charged under the COP Act with one count of witness tampering, one count of assault and battery, one count of sexual assault, and two counts of violation of the COP Act, which could put him at a maximum of 83 years in prison and a 2 million Kuno fine with his Kundrati-based assets to be seized. Other members of the House of Elior doing business in Kundrati may also be charged under the COP Act, which could put them in jail for at most 25 years a sentence under the Act.
WiActam Hulanevek, for his testimony, will have his COP Act-related charges reduced so that he only serves 15 years and a 50,000 Kuno fine. However, the report requests that he be forbidden from accepting business with the House of Elior, House of Benowitz, or other Beiteynuese companies implicated in the report.
Other companies from Beiteynu that have taken advantage of what has happened and have been condemned in the report may have their Kundrati-based assets seized and potentially prohibited from doing business in Kundrati for at least five years. Kundrati-based companies may see dissolution or 10% of their revenue (or 500,000 Kunos) taken as a fine.
The Legebiltzarra and the FTRC are expected to present the final report tomorrow night on live television in eight parts before the full report, which is expected to be 12,000 pages long, is released.
The Kundrati Supreme Court is also expected to weigh in on the decisions, as the defendants will likely seek appeals in the court system.