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One of the greatest examples of war profiteering occured during the [[Second Great War]] and involved a syndicate of military officers, public officials, mafiosos, and logistics concerns. It spanned the entire world and is estimated to have generated a black market that is valued at $18.2 billion in 1948 talers. | One of the greatest examples of war profiteering occured during the [[Second Great War]] and involved a syndicate of military officers, public officials, mafiosos, and logistics concerns. It spanned the entire world and is estimated to have generated a black market that is valued at $18.2 billion in 1948 talers. | ||
All records of the syndicate have since been destroyed or lost in the archives but an unending investigation be [[Urcea]]n authorities have postulated that concerns from | All records of the syndicate have since been destroyed or lost in the archives but an unending investigation be [[Urcea]]n authorities have postulated that concerns from [[Burgundie]], [[Caphirian]], [[Kiravia]], and [[Yonderre]] were involved or complicit. They primarily used tax records to track who was a millionaire after the war that had not been one before. It is estimated that those who made the most money were more capable of hiding it andsy never be caught. | ||