When the problems with spies and other deceitful individuals residing in the new world they were trying to create reached a critical level, a new policy was instituted straight from the Dark Lord himself. No longer would spies be punished on their own. If a person was discovered to be passing classified information to the wrong person or even fraternizing with undesirables, they would be forced to watch their families tortured and executed first. Fearing for one's own life was not always enough deterrence. Knowing that they might have to witness their beloved mother or their young child be murdered was a much better incentive to keep out of trouble.