According to AP, a special team of 84 investigators in Northern Ireland has been working since January 20 to shed light on the murder of some 3,268 people during the conflict in the British province between 1969 and 1998. The investigation, which was announced in March 2005, has a $55 million budget and is expected to last 6 years. According to David Cox, head of the investigative team, the objective is to establish the truth for the victims' relatives. The implications of the investigation are limited, however, by the April 1998 agreement that officially ended the conflict. The agreement calls for an amnesty for convicted members of paramilitary groups that agreed to observe the truce. These suspects could be tried and convicted again, but would subsequently be released.