Bill spent the weekend gleaning what he could, and this is what he thinks they have:
They have a good description of the boat. Frank and Alice, if you want to use it again, you'll have to transfigure it to change the size, change the sail colour, add another mast or something. Or better yet, dry dock it out of sight until the hunt cools down a bit. I'm sorry, but you'd better not use it for any little fishing expeditions for awhile.
Secondly, they know it was being used in a smuggling operation, although that information is not being made public for now.
Third, they suspect there were muggleborn on board (my own department dropped that tidbit into my lap.)
Bill hasn't heard the slightest hint that they have any idea about the whereabouts of Moddey Dhoo, though, thanks to the Fidelius charm, of course. But security is certainly being beefed up, partly, no doubt, to the upcoming Tenth Anniversary celebrations. There seems to be a bit of an ongoing struggle about this, between Umbridge's office and the council re: how upfront they're choosing to be about putting on a security show. Umbridge wants a parade of power, but the council would prefer to keep all their arrangements very hush-hush. I almost hope Umbridge wins this one. We could use all the intel they're willing to give away for free that we can get. I'm afraid we won't be so lucky, however: Malfoy's cronies are better at hexing to settle the argument when tempers rise.
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They have a good description of the boat. Frank and Alice, if you want to use it again, you'll have to transfigure it to change the size, change the sail colour, add another mast or something. Or better yet, dry dock it out of sight until the hunt cools down a bit. I'm sorry, but you'd better not use it for any little fishing expeditions for awhile.
Secondly, they know it was being used in a smuggling operation, although that information is not being made public for now.
Third, they suspect there were muggleborn on board (my own department dropped that tidbit into my lap.)
Bill hasn't heard the slightest hint that they have any idea about the whereabouts of Moddey Dhoo, though, thanks to the Fidelius charm, of course. But security is certainly being beefed up, partly, no doubt, to the upcoming Tenth Anniversary celebrations. There seems to be a bit of an ongoing struggle about this, between Umbridge's office and the council re: how upfront they're choosing to be about putting on a security show. Umbridge wants a parade of power, but the council would prefer to keep all their arrangements very hush-hush. I almost hope Umbridge wins this one. We could use all the intel they're willing to give away for free that we can get. I'm afraid we won't be so lucky, however: Malfoy's cronies are better at hexing to settle the argument when tempers rise.