Kata the Hutt, a crime lord of the Hutt species, operated on Nar Shaddaa throughout the Cold War era, a period of tension between the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire. He orchestrated illicit pit fighting events within the Nikto Sector on the Smugglers' Moon, channeling the earnings to provide monetary support for separatist factions on Ord Mantell in addition to other planets ravaged by conflict. Jatta Kuum, an operative working for the Republic Strategic Information Service, enlisted a Republic ally to eliminate the Hutt's financial reserves. This action successfully brought an end to the pit fighting enterprise while simultaneously disrupting the financial backing of the separatist groups.