>A nearby cityguard spots you and shouts "John Smith is dealing
>in contraband! Arrest him!"
>
>Or perhaps "John Smith is aiding and abetting a criminal.
>Find him and teach him the error of his ways."
>


Right, that make sense, but I guess what I was saying is that there needs to be some sort of explanation for why anything would be contraband in the first place. Why does the spire want that avg 26 sword you mentioned off the market?

Also, aiding and abetting a criminal isn't presently illegal unless you're actively preventing a tribunal from catching them at the time. That might need to be changed. This is the sort of thing I meant by context, chasing down the loose ends and consequences of what it means IC for there to be a black market.