From: Hitoshi Fujiyama, Chief of Personnel
Location: Shinjuku Station
*transmission begins*
Freeport 7 brought nothing but criminals. As horrible as the attacks on it by those hideous aliens were (and we certainly would not like a repeat), since then the level of safety in Sigma-17 has increased significantly.
Now, that's not to say those in charge of Freeport 18 will make the same mistakes as Freeport 7. I am sure you are much smarter than that. But if Outcasts start peddling their poison there, there will be plenty of unhappy people. And if the Corsairs show up, I am sure the GMG will also be quite unhappy. All sorts of things could happen - fires, explosions, Holstein venom accidentally leaking into the water supply - when criminals are running free.
Not that you would let that happen now, would you?