The Riddles' Murders (WAS: The only one he ever feared?

[jp velasco]

No: HPFGUIDX 117438


Debbie wrote:
The only argument that supports the notion that the MoM must have 
known about it is that if the Improper Use of Magic Office employs 
countrywide surveillance, Mafalda Hopkirk's predecessor should have 
picked up on it.  But I doubt they keep track of very much, or they 
would've noticed Mundungus Fletcher disapparating at 4 Privet Drive 
at the beginning of OOP.

 

JP here:

Correct me if I'm wrong but my impression is that the Improper Use of Magic Office does not focus on the use of magic on murders, apparitions etc... I think that the Office focuses on underage magic, use of Muggle artifacts to play practcally jokes or to harm Muggles and such. Even if the magic done by wizards were "bad", it is not "improper" because using magic when your "of age" is allowed and I think that you'll need to get a licence to apparate, so logically, the Office of Improper Use of Magic had not known the Riddle murders because it was simply not their job to monitor them.