English Translation

In the same way, the work of the Economic Monitoring Committee at the Kiniste-rium of the Interior, especially since everyone here wanted to pass on responsibility to the other, was also concerned with the well-known democratic nethods. It was also observed that the protectorate authorities involved in the prosecution of economic offences imposed as punishment the often ridiculously small amount of money, usually only a fraction of the amount of the trade profit achieved. In order to avoid the strict instructions issued by the German side, the administrative criminal authorities often punished the accused with high penalties at first instance, reported them to the German services and later reduced them in the appeal process. § 4 of the People's Penalty Ordinance and therefore had to be transmitted to the German criminal police for processing, despite repeated instructions from the protectorate authorities themselves worked and carried out in administrative criminal proceedings. However, in addition to the lack of a well-thought-out and streamlined organisation of the specialized control services, the failure of the independent authorities and organs to fulfil their obligations was undoubtedly decisive for the failure to act in the fight against leaching.