Ordo Criminalis

"As a member of the Ordo Criminalis and the right that my position of the Inquisition grants me, I condemn all here for the crime of the illegal selling of heretical Xenos tech."

- An Ordo Criminalis Agent to a Noble House selling Necron Tech

The Ordo Criminalis is a minor Ordo of the Imperial Inquisition. Operating from Holy Terra itself, the Ordo was formed during the late 34th Millennium after the discovery of Xenos tech being sold between nobility on a Hive World. Thus, the Ordo serves to oversee all dealings, both legal and illegal for signs of those who would try to make business regarding Xenos and Heretical relics, which could become a severe threat to Imperial order, planets and their population. In extension, the Ordo Criminalis also keeps an eye on Imperial Nobility, Rogue Traders and Merchant Fleets for signs of such actions and have been known to also hunt down human pirates.

Military Force
Despite their purpose, the Ordo Criminalis has no Chamber Militant. However, they are most know to utilizing Planetary Defense Forces, Adeptus Arbites, local Imperial Guardsmen and Inquisition Storm Troopers to help deal with large criminal activities found on various worlds. In other cases, they will employ the Officio Assasinorum to aid them, particularly that of the Vanus Temple, making great usage of these intelligence gathering operatives. Rare circumstances, Inquisitors will call upon pirates, mercenaries and even hive gangs for assistance.

Notable Members

 * Lord Inquisitor Toris Bavel: The founder of the Ordo Criminalis, Toris was originally a member of the Ordo Xenos. During the middle of his career, Toris would discover a large number of Xenos relics being shipped to various parties through illegal means. After disposing of all parties, Toris realized that a group would be needed to oversee that such actions would not happen again, and thus formed the new Ordo along with other like-minded Inquisitors.
 * Lord Inquisitor Lazar Vomarin:
 * Lord Inquisitor Zemn Edamnius: An infamous Radical, Zemn was originally a young hive gang member from Armageddon who gained a reputation for exploiting rival gangs to fight one another by gathering information on both sides. He eventually gained the attention of Lazar Vomarin who was on the planet. The Lord Inquisitor took Zemn as his Acolyte and he showed quick progress with the Ordo Criminalis' operations. After becoming an full-fledge Inquisitor, Zemn set himself up as a powerful black market broker. From that Zemn does buisness with criminal organizations, noble houses, Rogue Traders and so forth. Whenever news of Xeno objects is heard, Zemn will work to ensure he acquires it, which he then sends it to either be studied, contained or destroyed. Also, Zemn will provide information to Imperial forces in regards to Xeno and Chaos cults that were originally unknown before, or anti-Imperium groups.