It's no surprise to Perfikot that there's a black market and smuggling in the city.

After all, even in the original world, two hundred years later these things were unavoidable, let alone now when the legal system and management in various aspects can't be considered sound?

Just knowing that such things have their reasons and soil for existence, no matter how hard you fight, they can't be completely eradicated. Yet, Perfikot still deployed Chernobyl's police and City Guard to clean up the black market and smuggling channels in the city.

During ordinary times, she would turn a blind eye to these things. After all, although smuggling isn't great, it could be considered a supplement to resources for the current situation in the Northern Territory.

Since people are willing to engage in it, those who buy things at the black market are able to afford it, so there's no need to regulate it too tightly.

Unless they're smuggling important materials, or things that could affect the livelihood of ordinary people, otherwise Perfikot isn't keen on suppressing smuggling and the black market.

But now the situation is different.

With the first snow in the Northern Territory this year, although Chernobyl's supplies can still be assured, they have entered a state of control under Perfikot's orders.

Continuing to smuggle at this time basically means going against Perfikot's orders.

This is intolerable to Perfikot, especially since these black market smuggling materials disrupt the normal market order.

The key point is that smuggled goods and the black market are destructive to urban order, and the gang forces that arise from this are the major destroyers of city security.

Perfikot's crackdown on smuggling is primarily intended to suppress these gang forces, making them behave better at this critical moment, rather than jumping out to court death.

However, it is apparent that some people think this is a good opportunity, a chance for gang expansion and growth.

They never realized that this so-called opportunity largely coincides with the most severe crackdown by leaders like Perfikot on gang forces.

So under Perfikot's orders, the police and military in the Northern Territory moved into action, with the help of intelligence agencies and the Assassin Brotherhood, to start a special rectification operation against the gang forces in the Northern Territory.

As for the small-time black market and smuggling carried out by families like the Shelby family, they're just considered to be unlucky.

Professional smugglers targeted in this operation are not playing around with small acts like the Shelby family, who just use train lines to transport small packages of food, but rather those who openly use other cargo as a cover to transport contraband or smuggled goods into the city, or sell them to underground clusters.

If it's just food or other living supplies, Perfikot doesn't see an issue. It's merely these people who don't want to pay taxes or feel that the official channels aren't varied enough.

This situation existed before, with some connected merchants transporting goods from the New Continent colonies to the Northern Territory, selling them to those clusters.

Since these were considered supply channels, Perfikot knew about them but didn't severely crack down, just occasionally clean them up to prevent them from being too excessive or blatant.

But when military weapons find their way into the goods purchased by some clusters, that's something Perfikot can't tolerate.

This time, the black market cleanup mainly targets the clearing and rectifying of these contraband materials and bulk smuggling.

Overall, the operation has been quite successful, as the intelligence acquired by the Northern Territory's intelligence agency and the Assassin Brotherhood has been very accurate.

If after consolidating all aspects of the situation, the Northern Territory police station still can't solve the problem and deliver a splendid outcome, then Perfikot would suspect someone might think they're living too comfortably and want to end up embedded into a wall as decoration.

Clearly, there are no individuals in Chernobyl's police station who want to be wall decorations.

After receiving Perfikot's orders, they were all very serious in their engagement in the crackdown and rectification of the black market and gang forces.

Even if someone previously accepted some gray income or offered protection to certain gangs, now no one dares provide protection to gang members at such a time.

If they were able to give a heads-up to let them evade the heat before the special investigation started, it would already be considered the utmost benevolence.

When it comes to choosing between one's head, rice bowl, and wallet, people have a clear understanding.

As for those who would choose money over life, such corrupt individuals don't exist currently in the Northern Territory, as the time for construction in the Northern Territory has been too short, these officials haven't had a chance to become greedy fat pigs.

Of course, this is also related to their superior being a terrifying entity capable of literally embedding someone into a wall as a living decoration; nobody wants to become a new adornment in their office.

But the diligent work by police is bad news for gang members like Tommy.

Not only is their business being affected, but they are also being heavily impacted like flowers and grass hit by a typhoon.

For instance, at this very moment, the main members of the Shelby family have all been thrown into Chernobyl's jail, and they've thoughtfully been placed in a large cell together.

"Tommy, what on earth is going on?" asked a family member who had been thrown in, now looking beat up, with a face full of blood and bruises, as he inquired from Tommy, whose mouth was also bleeding.

"Consider us unlucky. The Lord ordered a cleanup of the black market and smuggling, as well as a crackdown on gang forces, and we're collateral damage." Tommy had a clear understanding of his situation, knowing that a small player like the Shelby family wasn't the main target of this action.

Upon hearing this, Tommy's younger brother, who was also thrown in, reluctantly rubbed his arm that had just been reattached, wincing in pain and said, "So we're considered unlucky?"

"Yes, we're unlucky! Those targeted should be those big street gangs and bulk smugglers, while small-time players like us were caught along the way." Tommy didn't speak much with his brother, instead thinking about the family's future.

This smuggling line he painstakingly built is likely unusable, as after this incident, he won't be able to keep his job at the loading dock.

And losing the loading dock job makes it impossible to establish a new smuggling route.

He must devise a new path for the family.

Fortunately, they've already earned quite a bit before. As long as the money is safe, he can still follow through with the original plan to open a tavern.

So Tommy directly asked his brother, "Is the money hidden well? That's our capital to turn things around after we get out!"

"Don't worry, I gave it to Aunt Polly. She hid the money in a very safe place," replied Tommy's brother with a grin.

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