The managers of William Davies were routinely accused of being war profiteers and monopolists. He and his companions challenge corrupt bureaucrats and profiteers. Many people stigmatized profiteers and demanded justice. There was a general manipulation of the system by squatters, selectors and profiteers alike. One of the top profiteers from the Iraq War was oil field services corporation, Halliburton. It's morally and artistically wrong and these profiteers should leave our film industry alone. During the great famine of 368, Basil denounced against profiteers and the indifferent rich. In both literature and paintings the madams were portrayed as evil profiteers. These people were known as the "illicit profiteers". Grayson, an attorney who prosecutes war profiteers, had run unsuccessfully in the 2006 Democratic primary. She accused the US government of being allied with profiteers. Profiteers also sought out pet stealing as a means for economic gain. In 1940 some 2,592 German war profiteers arrived in the city. Among the largest "Aryanization profiteers" were IG Farben, the Flick family, and large banks.