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1. #1📜 | SETTING | 📜

   Keys: ..., ., ..

   The world takes place in the Japanese manga Black Lagoon written and illustrated by Rei Hiroe.
2. #2🌁 | ROANAPUR | 🌁

   Keys: Roanapur, โรอานาปุรั

   # Definition - A Thailand city infamous as a den of crime and corruption and is home to a wide variety of criminals and outcasts including pickpockets, thugs, mercenaries, thieves, prostitutes, assassins, and gunmen, all of whom operate without much hassle from authorities. --- # Alternate name - โรอานาปุรั (Roanapur in Thai) --- # Themes - Corruption, Exploitation, Crime, Crime Syndicates, Depravity, Criminal, Amorality - Roanapur Police - Albanian Mafia - The Rip-Off Church (Church of Violence) - Lagoon Company --- # Groups - The Council, the major ruling gangs of Roanapur which consist of: Hotel Moscow, Hong Kong Triad, Cosa Nostra, Nuevo Laredo Cartel --- # Geography - Within the geographic location on and very near Trat, Thailand. - A port town, situated on Thailand's coast adjacent to the Gulf of Thailand, stationed quite close to sea level. - Greatly urbanized and has a tropical savanna climate like most of Thailand. --- # Demographics - Mainly Thai citizens - International standing among criminals and tourists attracted people from various nations (I.e. Vietnam, Japan, Russia, Italy, China, the United States, Colombia, Mexico, Albania, and Australia) - Buddhism is a large presence in the area at some point. - A small number of Christians reside in the city as churchgoers of the Rip-Off Church.0 --- # Language - Thai is the primary language, which is demonstrated by the numerous Thai signs in the city. - English is Roanapur's lingua franca, with business and city signs where English commonly accompanies the Thai script. - Languages of the various crime syndicates are in respective territory of said groups. --- # Economy - Primary currency is Baht - U.S. dollar is popular from USD being prevalent in illicit activities across the globe. - Majority of GDP comes from city's businesses, some of which act as fronts for the crime syndicates, with tourism (I.e. tourists' visits to casinos and the brothels in the profitable red-light districts) - Money from the hotels and motels that tourists use for lodging also pull in money, and strip bars and the sale of alcohol. - Many illicit business includes drug smuggling, illegal weapon sales, identity document forgery, murder-for-hire, human trafficking, the distribution and sale of child exploitation films, and match fixing. - Local informants make money from distributing information on criminals' whereabouts and actions to others. - The business of "cleaning" (corpse disposal and evidence cleanup) is a widely common and thriving business with great competition; has risk due to cleaners routinely facing traps and lethal retribution in their line of work. --- # Environment ## Entrance - Easily identified by the large sea stack with a Buddha statue carved into it at the entrance of the city's lagoon. - The Buddha statue, meant to brighten the world with the light of virtue, is in disrepair and has his eyes faded out. - Only two entrances to the city, one being the sea route where one must pass by the Buddha statue, and the other entrance is the overland bridge, where nooses hang from as a warning to outsiders. ## South - Roanapur Harbor, the Roanapur Wharf, and shipping yard, where ships dock for importing and exporting goods. - Lagoon Company's dock building is located in this area where their boat, the Black Lagoon, sits at port. ## Other - Many warehouses on the outskirts where individuals, businesses and syndicates can pick up goods that they ordered. - Land prices are cheap, and many abandoned buildings like factories are located on the outskirts as well. ## Divisions - Has different areas divided into territories by the crime syndicates, and smaller groups must pay tribute to the Roanapur City Police in order to operate, with the police essentially being a corrupt crime syndicate in their own right. - Bigger crime syndicates have to cooperate with the police for good relations, but police are not untouchable. - Various markets where street vendors sell produce, food and equipment, and in these markets and streets are various hotels and motels (I.e. the Tokaīna Hotel, the Blue Moon Motel, the Ramsap Inn, the Waio'le Motel, the Lafette Roanapur Hotel, the Marnie Juni Motel, and the luxurious Sankan Palace Hotel) - A few towering skyscrapers in the city, one of these buildings being a base for the Hong Kong Triad's Thai branch. ## Streets - Main Street is a large street which starts from the coast and goes inward into the city, with Palcana Square being in the middle. - Names: Yachada Street, Satanam Street, Hamipong Street, Bulan Street, Manthai Street, Chalquam Street, Yatchalaya Street, and Sokrat Street. - Known markets and areas in the city include the Chalquam market, the Maplao market, the Ramsap market, and the Nankwai district. ## Key Locations - Club Heart, a brothel - Hoang Yen, a brothel - Kao Han, a restaurant - Chinese Dragon Tower - Molton Club - Caribbean Bar - Pub Sky - Los Mivas Coffee Company, a front business for the Colombian Cartel - Visconti Food Service - Praiyachat's firearm store and gun range - Nankwai Internet Café - Salon de Licorne, a place that provides hideouts - Club Scelorum, a weapons shop - Isaac's antiques shop Meotehap Kai Auto, a car shop - Club Flame Zone - Chornui Mall - LA Jewelry, a go-go bar on Rachada Street - Alejandro & Gadaros Entertainment Agency, a front business for the Nuevo Laredo Cartel - Abandoned resort - Picton's Studio - Xu Fu Tang
3. #3🏢 | Abandoned Resort

   Keys: Abandoned Resort

   <Abandoned_Resort>

   Definition

   • A former resort facility in Roanapur that was later converted into the hideout of the Baba Yaga family. <Abandoned_Resort>
4. #4🍻 | Caribbean Bar

   Keys: Bulan Street, Caribbean Bar, Bar

   <Carribean_Bar>

   Definition

   • A bar in Roanapur that pays protection fees to Hotel Moscow located on Bulan Street. <Caribbean_Bar>
5. #5🥡| Chinese Dragon Tower

   Keys: Restaurant, Chinese Dragon Tower, 中華龍樓, Zhōnghuá lóng lóu, Chinese Restaurant

   <Chinese_Dragon_Tower>

   Definition

   • A Chinese owned restaurant in Roanapur with everything being Chinese themed, with Chinese staff.

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   Terms

   • Chinese Dragon Tower (中華龍樓, pinyin: Zhōnghuá lóng lóu) <Chinese_Dragon_Tower>
6. #6👠 | Jackpot Pigeons

   Keys: Strip club, Rachada Street, Nude Bar, Jackpot Pigeons

   <Jackpot_Pigeons>

   Definition

   • A strip club and nude bar located in Roanapur on Rachada Street.

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   Business

   • Offers basic strip club services, and the business orders alcohol from the Lagoon Company to meet their demand.
   • Hosts S&M (Sadomasochism) shows
   • Behind closed doors, the owner possesses and sells both legal pornography and illegal black market films, including child sexual exploitation films and snuff films. <Jackpot_Pigeons>
7. #7⚓ | Lagoon Company dry dock

   Keys: Lagoon Dock, Lagoon Companies Dry Dock, Lagoon Company Base, Lagoon Dry Dock, Lagoon Base, Lagoon Company's Base, Dry Dock, Lagoon Companies Base, Lagoon Company dry dock

   <Lagoon_Company_dry_dock>

   Definition

   • A dry dock used by the Lagoon Company to dock their boat Black Lagoon as well as an extra place for storing goods like shipments and weapons, located at the Roanapur Wharf.

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   Info

   • Serves as one of two bases for the Lagoon Company, the other being the Lagoon Company office.

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   Area features

   • A two-floored building with its walls and roof made of corrugated metal.

   First Floor

   • First floor is mostly the dry dock area where the water vessel and other storage items are stationed under roof cover.
   • Inside the dock area, there is a staircase leading to the second floor's backdoor.
   • Another staircase leading to the entrance door on the other side near the city streets.

   Second Floor

   • On the second floor, there are two green couches, a rectangular coffee table, a few lockers, a shelf with Dutch's alcohol, a shelf-adjacent table with radio communication equipment, and a small area with Benny's desk, computer, and a shelf with electronic equipment. <Lagoon_Company_dry_dock>
8. #8🏬 | Lagoon Company office

   Keys: Lagoon Companies Office, Lagoon Office, Lagoon Company Base, Lagoon Base, Lagoon Company's Base, Lagoon Company office, Lagoon Companies Base

   <Lagoon_Company_Office>

   Definition

   • The primary office and headquarters of the Lagoon Company.

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   Overview

   • Inside a building complex in a residence on the second floor.
   • Serves as the Lagoon Company's main meeting place to hang out and discuss jobs or wait for new ones, but the Lagoon Company dry dock is also used as a secondary office since the Black Lagoon is docked there.

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   Features

   • The signs on the building's exterior on the first floor are Vietnamese-language signs for different businesses, such as a motorcycle shop (Cửa Hàng Xe Gắn Máy), with some others like Jack Daniels.
   • The building and office's windows are covered with iron window guards while the first floor and elevators have iron security grilles for doors.
   • In the Lagoon Company office, the brown doors in contrast are wooden, and likewise the residence's baseboards and crown moldings are brown.
   • The walls are painted grayish cyan while the hard floor is a teal color.
   • The office's entrance door has a shopkeeper's bell.

   Living Room

   • Two blue couches opposite of each other with a rectangular coffee table in the middle, and to the right of the entrance on the wide side of the table is one blue armchair.
   • Three blind-covered windows opposite of the entrance and a potted plant to the right of the entrance, and to the entrance's left is a countertop cabinet and a small, white slat chair in the corner.
   • Immediately to the right when a person enters the office is a bulletin board with a corded telephone to its left, and behind the armchair is a small kitchen area with a thin false wall near the armchair.
   • In the kitchen area are the refrigerator, cupboard and kitchen counter, and on the walls near the kitchen entryway are two doors, one leading to the computer room. <Lagoon_Company_Office>
9. #9🛌 | Revy's residence

   Keys: Revy's apartment, Revy's residence, Revy's bedroom

   <Revys_Bedroom>

   Definition

   • Revy's residence in Roanapur in a rundown apartment building.

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   Overview

   • A small bedroom that includes a full-size bed, an adjacent desk with a lamp and alarm clock, a small chair, a casement window with an interior glass casement and exterior, louvered wooden shutters, and a large drawing board next to the four-panel entry door.
   • Opposite of the bed is a CRT TV, clothes drawer, wardrobe, and the two-panel door to the bathroom.
   • To the left of the bathroom door is a single sink and mirror.

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   Features

   • A wooden table full of bullet holes
   • Beers bottles/cans on the floor
   • White concrete walls have some bullet holes scattered lightly
   • Dark wood floors
   • One bed with a metal frame and singular mattress with one pillow, white sheets, and a light grey blanket.
   • One single window with white blinds and a cord.
   • Has an AC unit inside
   • Has a Bathroom
   • Akin to a studio apartment but slightly more spacious
   • Has a kitchen <Revys_Bedroom>
10. #10🏢 | Rampsap Inn

    Keys: Motel, Rampsap Inn, Chalquam Market

    <Rampsap_Inn>

    Definition

    • One of many motels in Roanapur located near the Chalquam Market.

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    Features

    • Rundown
    • Air conditioning
    • Colored Tvs
    • Has a white sign on the front above the door with the Motel name in green, and a smaller horizontal sign below that reading "AIR CONDITIONED - COLORED TV" <Rampsap_Inn>
11. #11⛪ | Rip-Off Church

    Keys: Rip-Off Church, Church of Violence, Rip Off Church, Ripoff Church, Hooligan Church

    <Rip-off_church>

    Definition

    • A drugs and weapon smuggling operation located in Roanapur, and church is notorious for its double dealings and is run by Sister Yolanda with assistance by Eda and Rico.

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    Terms

    • Rip-Off Church
    • The Hooligan Church
    • The Church of Violence

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    Info

    • Parent Group: Holy See
    • Boss: Sister Yolanda
    • Members: Eda Rico
    • Criminal Activities: Drug trafficking, arms trafficking, identity document forgery, counterfeiting
    • Allies: Hong Kong Triad
    • Officially registered under the Vatican.
    • Drugs are referred to as "Laundry"

    ---

    Overview

    • Located in a Catholic church atop a hill.
    • Besides the chapel, to the left of the building is the drawing room, to where the clergy members usually guide visitors for deals.
    • The only other place in Roanapur to sell weapons since Mister Chang allows it, showing good relations with the Hong Kong Triad.
    • Eda is seen drinking with Revy often and accompanies her on bounties, demonstrating good relations with the Lagoon Company.
    • Not on very good terms with Hotel Moscow due to drug dealing.
    • For financial dealings, the head of the church on documents is given as P.W. Deegan, which is Sister Yolanda's cover alias..
    • Has several members who dress in clerical robes, many being female.
    • Deals in information brokering via a network of informants throughout Roanapur.
    • Church members are able to create fake passports, travel permits and identification documents; the Rip-Off Church is a vast organization. <Rip-off_church>
12. #12⚓ | Roanapur Harbor

    Keys: Roanapur Harbor, Harbor

    <Roanapur_Harbor>

    Definition

    • A harbor in Roanapur which is owned by a private yacht club.

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    Overview

    • Mister Chang of the Hong Kong Triad uses the place as one of several locations for speaking with people discreetly.

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    Features

    • The land border is surrounded by a chainlink fence with a single wooden gate.
    • The top of the gate has an arch with English-language signs saying "Roanapur Harbor" and "Bluesky Yacht Club," as well as a display life ring hanging above the gate.
    • The area's most notable feature is a long pier with a single, tall red-and-white pole at the end, though there is a smaller set of docks with anchored yachts within the harbor perimeter <Roanapur_Harbor>
13. #13🪦 | Roanapur Public Cemetery

    Keys: Roanapur 's Cemetery, Roanapur Cemetery, Cemetery, Roanapur Public Cemetery

    <Roanapur_Public_Cemetery>

    Definition

    • A public cemetery in Roanapur maintained by Bunny the Undertaker with assistance from The Undertaker No. 2. <Roanapur_Public_Cemetery>
14. #14🏢 | Sankan Palace Hotel

    Keys: Fancy Hotel, luxurious hotel, Hotel, Sankan Palace Hotel

    <Sankan_Palace_Hotel>

    Definition

    • A luxurious hotel in Roanapur known for its high desirability and expensive room prices.

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    Features

    Exterior

    • Located directly on the corner of an intersection, and its main entrance is at the corner of the building.
    • Has a bullnose corner and intricately designed balcony doors, with the exterior painted cream-white.
    • At night, the building's exterior lights make the building appear light-brown in color.
    • Directly above the red entrance door is the sign "Hotel Sankan Palace" in white neon-light letters on a purple background, and another large pink neon sign "Sankan Palace" is on top of the building's roof corner.
    • Has seven floors (including the ground level) and a basement.
    • Several coconut palm trees are planted around the building's exterior sidewalk.

    Interior

    • Throughout the halls and rooms, the interior walls are painted orange with white baseboards and crown moldings, and they are adorned with white wall lamps.
    • Elevator doors are gold-painted sliding grille gates that match the gold-painted dial floor indicators.
    • In the corner of the lobby, there is a dining bar where breakfast is served.
    • Has an eight-paneled white wooden door with a gold-color doorknob and keyhole
    • The suite is designed with several paintings, gold-color curtains, three mahogany-edged, white-colored wingback chairs, a brown coffee table, and a grandfather clock. <Sankan_Palace_Hotel>
15. #15🪩 | Golden Swingin Night Club

    Keys: Golden Swingin Night Club, Night club, Club, Nightclub, Night Club, 金詠夜總會

    <Golden_Swingin_Night_Club>

    Definition

    • A nightclub and restaurant managed by the Hong Kong Triad under Mister Chang.

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    Overview

    • The business is used by Chang as a front business as well as a place to host occasional Council summits between the four main crime lords of Roanapur.

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    Business

    • Located in the Hong Kong Triad's territory near Hamipong Street, and the exterior is a tall glass-windowed building with neon signs of the nightclub's name in English and Traditional Chinese characters.
    • The Chinese signs on the outside also advertise that the nightclub serves food and alcohol. <Golden_Swingin_Night_Club>
16. #16🎬 | Pictons Studio

    Keys: Picton's Studio, Snuff Studio, Snuff Film, Picton Studio

    <Pictons_Studio>

    Definition

    • A property operated by the Picton firm.

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    Overview

    • Both Picton and Doctor Picton use the building as a place where they produce snuff films to be sold to buyers. <Pictons_Studio>
17. #17🍝 | Visconti Food Service

    Keys: Italian Food, Visconti Food Service, Italian Restaurant, Cosa Nostra, Visconti Foods

    <Visconti_Food_Service>

    Definition

    • An Italian restaurant and front business for Cosa Nostra in Roanapur.

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    Overview

    • Located southeast of Palcana Square

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    Business

    • On the restaurant exterior, the place advertises pizza and pasta as some of their dishes, with pasta con le sarde in particular for the latter.
    • Alcoholic drinks like limoncello and white wine are available. <Visconti_Food_Service>
18. #18🌿 | Xú Fú Táng

    Keys: Herbal, Xu Fu Tang, Xú Fú Táng, Xu-Fu-Tang, 徐福堂, Hall of Xu Fu, Herbs

    <Xu_Fu_Tang>

    Definition

    • A Chinese herbal pharmacy in Roanapur owned by an elderly Chinese man.

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    Business

    • Named after the Chinese alchemist and explorer Xu Fu, who was sent by Qin Shi Huang to find the elixir of life.
    • Sells alternative medicine consisting of items like herbal medicine and special noodle soup.
    • The signs outside the building advertise claims like rejuvenation and feeling younger. <Xu_Fu_Tang>
19. #19🍻 | Yellow Fang Bar

    Keys: Sloppy Swing, Yellow Fang Bar, Brothel, Yellow Fang

    <Yellow_Fang_Bar>

    Definition

    • A bar owned by Bao, which he opened up after settling in Roanapur after the Vietnam War.

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    Overview

    • Names after South Vietnam's yellow flag.
    • The bar has a brothel upstairs called the Sloppy Swing run by a woman called Madam Flora. <Yellow_Fang_Bar>
20. #20🕋 | Bougainvillea Trade Company

    Keys: Bougainvillea Trade Company, Бугенвиллия Внешторг, Balalaika's Office

    <Bougainvillea_Trade_Company>

    Definition

    • A trading company that is the front business for Hotel Moscow's Thai branch in Roanapur.

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    Terms

    • Bougainvillea Trade Company (Russian: Бугенвиллия Внешторг)

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    Overview

    • The building is located on a corner of Satanam Street, and the place serves as Balalaika's base of operations.

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    Business

    • Two cargo vessels that the company uses for shipping supplies and weapons are the Marya Zaleska and the Nefrit.

    Building

    • The company's building in Roanapur has a sign showing the company's name in both Russian and English.

    Balalaika's Office

    • On a higher floor, Balalaika's office is a large room with several windows, a wide bookshelf
    • A brown office table and adjacent gray-blue leather executive chair
    • One ceiling fan
    • A gray pedestal with flowers sitting on top
    • Arectangular coffee table in the middle of the room
    • Two oppositely-placed crimson chesterfield-style couches.
    • Two lamps in the room; one is a stained-glass dome lamp near the door
    • A small bell-lampshade table lamp on Balalaika's desk. <Bougainvillea_Trade_Company>
21. #21🗾 | JAPAN | 🗾

    Keys: 🌕🌔🌓🌒🌑🌘🌗🌖🌕

    🌕🌔🌓🌒🌑🌘🌗🌖🌕

22. #22🤽 | Hirano Sports Plaza

    Keys: Hirano Sports Plaza, ヒラノボウル, Hirano Bōru

    <Hirano_Sports_Plaza>

    Definition

    • A sports plaza in Adachi City, Tokyo, Japan.

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    Terms

    • Hirano Sports Plaza (ヒラノボウル Hirano Bōru)

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    Features

    • The exterior is designed with a large bowling pin on the roof
    • Haz a variety of sports and facilities, including a bowling, a billiards area, auto tennis, a swimming pool, and even a restaurant. <Hirano_Sports_Plaza>
23. #23🛬 | Narita International Airport

    Keys: Greater Tokyo Area, Haneda Airport, 成田国際空港, NRT, Narita Kokusai Kūkō), Narita International Airport

    <Narita_International_Airport>

    Definition

    • One of two international airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the other being Haneda Airport. <Narita_International_Airport>
24. #24🇷🇺 | Strelkovaya Yacheyka

    Keys: Strelkovaya Yacheyka, Стрелковая ячейка, Tokyo, rifle pit

    <Strelkovaya_Yacheyka>

    Definition

    • A Russian restaurant used by Vasili Laptev as a front business for Hotel Moscow in Tokyo, Japan.

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    Terms

    • Strelkovaya Yacheyka (Russian: Стрелковая ячейка, lit. "rifle pit")

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    Features

    • Serves steak, borscht, and vodka.
    • Outside, the building has the business name on both glass entrance doors and above the entrance, and there are 8-panel windows and semi-circle windows adorning the exterior.
    • In the interior, there are round tables with white tablecloths, red chairs, potted plants, and various paintings on the walls. <Strelkovaya_Yacheyka>
25. #25👥 | GROUPS | 👥

    Keys: Group, Crime Syndicates, Syndicates, Syndicate, Groups

    # Definition - An organized group of individuals or criminal organizations working cooperatively on a large scale for illicit profit. --- # Overview - Across the globe, there are many groups and crime Syndicates who do shady business behind close doors, or openly. - There are groups and Syndicates who also aren't corrupt, but many of them are overshadowed.
26. #26🍀 | Advanced Irish Republican Army

    Keys: Advanced Irish Republican Army, Advanced IRA, AIRA

    # Definition - A splinter group of the Provisional IRA led by Michael Connolly # Terms - Advanced Irish Republican Army - AIRA - Advanced IRA --- # Overview - An Irish republican paramilitary force that believed in Irish reunification, the group sought to conduct an armed campaign against the British state.
27. #27🇦🇱 | Albanian Mafia

    Keys: Albanian Mafia

    <Albanian_Mafia>

    Definition

    • A specific Albanian organized crime syndicate based in Tirana, Albania.

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    Info

    • Criminal Activities: Drug trafficking, money laundering
    • Allies: Cosa Nostra

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    Overview

    • The Albanians have expanded their presence to Roanapur by allying with Cosa Nostra.

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    Structure & business

    • They follow the Kanun code, which pertains to how members conduct business and loyalty among themselves and to other criminal groups.
    • Has territory in the Golden Crescent region in Asia, indicating drug trafficking as one of their illicit businesses. <Albanian_Mafia>
28. #28🇩🇪 | Aryan Socialist Union

    Keys: White Socialist Union, Aryan Socialist Union

    <Aryan_Socialist_Union>

    Definition

    • An American neo-Nazi political party which sought for more funding for its political activities.

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    Info

    • Boss: Rachmann (commander), Alfred (funder)

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    Soldiers

    -;Members of the ASU wear tan military uniforms with armbands of their group's flag on their left arms, and black boots.

    • Caucasian people are the only people allowed to become members.
    • Their flag resembles the Nazi flag with a red background and a white circle, but instead of a black Nazi swastika, the symbol is a zigzagging black arrow which is the symbol of the Sturmabteilung. <Aryan_Socialist_Union>
29. #29🏭 | Asahi Heavy Industrial Co.

    Keys: 旭日重工 Asahi jūkō, 旭日重工株式会社 Asahi jūkō kabushiki gaisha, Asahi Heavy Industrial Co., Asahi Industries

    <Asahi_Industries>

    Definition

    • A technology company based in Shinjuku City, Tokyo, Japan.

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    Terms

    • Asahi Heavy Industrial Co. (旭日重工株式会社 Asahi jūkō kabushiki gaisha)
    • Asahi Industries (旭日重工 Asahi jūkō)

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    Info

    • Members: Vice President of the Company, Kageyama, Fujiwara, Unnamed Borneo branch chief
    • Criminal Activities: Illicit trade
    • Allies: Sun Yee On

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    Business

    • Led by an unknown director, and below him are the Vice President and several men who are the heads of various departments, such as Kageyama being the chief of the materials procurement department.
    • Besides having deals with several countries concerning technology and minerals like rare earths, the company also had blueprints for the illicit manufacturing of nuclear weapons.
    • In Southeast Asia, the company is allies with Sun Yee On as their trading partner for smuggling and illicit trade.
    • There are 50,000 employees who work for Asahi Industries, and the company also has various branches throughout the world besides its main building in Tokyo, including a branch on Borneo Island, a South American division, and a European branch.
    • The company also does business with U.S. companies like the O'Sullivan Corporation. <Asahi_Industries>
30. #30👤 | Baba Yaga Family

    <Baba_Yaga_Family>

    Definition

    • An American crime family responsible for many murders over several generations in the rural United States.

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    Terms

    • Baba Yaga family
    • The Family

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    Info

    • Boss: Baba Yaga
    • Members: Jessica, Jacqueline, Older brother, Big brother, Various children
    • Criminal Activities: Serial Murder

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    Overview

    • After they were exposed, the serial killer family fled the U.S.A. and migrated to Roanapur in Thailand, laying low in their activities but continuing to kill occasionally.
    • Fittingly, the family earned its nickname in tabloid news due to the distinctive two-legged hut that the family had on their property.

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    Structure and conduct

    • Led by Baba Yaga, usually referred to as "mom" by her children.
    • The actual blood relation between each family member is unknown, with Jacqueline being the only member known to have a claim of actual relation to the family's original bloodline.
    • Each family member usually carries a particular weapon differing from other members, usually a melee weapon rather than a projectile weapon; most family members have sadistic personalities.
    • Compared to the serial murderers Hänsel and Gretel.
    • Family members are forbidden from killing each other.
    • For new family members to be initiated, the new member must go through a test that usually involves them murdering people to pass.
    • New members are ultimately only allowed into the family upon Baba Yaga's approval. <Baba_Yaga_Family>
31. #31🇨🇳 | Budaibang

    Keys: Budaibang, Gang of Budai

    # Definition - A Fujianese crime syndicate based in Xiamen of the Fujian province of the People's Republic of China. --- # Terms - Budaibang (Chinese: 布袋幫, pinyin: Bùdàibāng, lit. "Gang of Budai") --- # Info - Organized Crime Syndicate: Fujianese Mafia - Boss: Zeng Shuntian - Criminal Activities: Political corruption, protection racketeering --- # Overview - Has sent several gangsters to Roanapur. --- # Structure - Led by the elderly Zeng Shuntian, and members of the crime syndicate communicate to each other in the Hokkien language. - Members of Budaibang refer to each other as "brother" or "younger/elder brother." - Members sometimes refer to their leader Zeng Shuntian by the honorific title Zeng Daren or "Lord Zeng" (曾大人).
32. #32🦅 | CIA

    Keys: CIA, Central Intelligence Agency, George Bush Center

    # Definition - One of the United States federal government's foreign intelligence agencies responsible for gathering overseas intelligence and performing covert operations abroad for foreign policy and national security purposes. --- # Info - Boss: Director of Central Intelligence - Rivals: National Security Agency, Anti-American groups --- # Structure - Led by the Director of Central Intelligence, and all employees ultimately answer to the director. - Second highest rank is the Deputy Director, a position that was once held by Darryl Lansing during the events of the 2nd light novel Ballad of the Sinful Wizard. - The CIA's headquarters is the George Bush Center for Intelligence on the eastern coast of the U.S.A. in Langley, Virginia. - There are several departments tasked with certain types of intelligence and analysis, including the Intelligence Headquarters' Second Department led by Richard Ravencroft. - The CIA shares its findings and intel with other intelligence agencies, with the President of the U.S.A., and with the United States Armed Forces. - Case officers are usually stationed in the United States and in offices across the globe, and they give orders to field agents who carry out actions such as spying, maintaining informant ("asset") networks, and other various tasks.
33. #33🇨🇴 | Colombian Cartel

    Keys: Manisarera Cartel, Colombian Cartel

    <Columbian_Cartel>

    Definition

    • A Colombian organized crime syndicate based in Latin America, particularly in Bucaramanga, Colombia.

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    Info

    • Organized Crime Syndicate: Colombian Mafia
    • Boss: Boss Pasturia (Colombia)
    • Criminal Activities: Drug trafficking, murder, protection, kidnapping, extortion
    • Allies: FARC, Liaison Council (formerly)
    • Rivals: Nuevo Laredo Cartel, Lovelace family

    ---

    Structure and leadership

    • Led by Boss Pasturia, called "jefe" by his subordinates.
    • In Roanapur, the Thai branch of the cartel was led by Abrego, who was replaced by Gustavo.
    • One of four groups that used to be a member of the Council of liaison between the Colombians, Hotel Moscow, the Hong Kong Triad, and Cosa Nostra. <Colombian_Cartel>
34. #34🇮🇹 | Cosa Nostra

    Keys: Cosa Nostra, Sicilian Mafia, Italian Mafia

    <Cosa_Nostra>

    Definition

    • A large international group of Sicilian organized crime based in Palermo, Sicily.

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    Terms

    • Cosa Nostra
    • Sicilian Mafia
    • Italian Mafia

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    Info

    • Organized Crime Syndicate: Sicilian Mafia
    • Boss: Sicilian Mafia Commission, Don Monteverdi (Sicily), Ronnie the Jaws (Roanapur)
    • Criminal Activities: Murder, protection, drug trafficking, human trafficking, child exploitation, money laundering, match fixing
    • Allies: Camorra, Albanian Mafia Liasion Council
    • Rivals: Hotel Moscow

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    Overview

    • They have a branch in Roanapur which was formerly operated by Verrocchio and is currently operated by Ronnie the Jaws.

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    Leadership, conduct, and activities

    • Led by a body of various families in Sicily informally known as the Cupola.
    • In Palermo, one of Cosa Nostra's leaders is a man named Don Monteverdi.
    • In Roanapur, the Thai branch uses Visconti Food Service (also called Visconti Foods) as a front business and base in Thailand.
    • The leaders of each branch must ultimately get approval from Palermo for any major actions or alliances.
    • Among all ranks and branches, members are required to uphold the omertà, a Southern Italian code of silence and code of honor that forbids ratting out fellow members and emphasizes non-cooperation with the authorities and outsiders when being questioned about illegal activities.
    • One of four crime syndicates that is a member of Roanapur's Council of liaison between the Italians, the Hong Kong Triad, Hotel Moscow, and the Colombian Cartel. Despite their primary base in Sicily, Cosa Nostra gangsters were initially referred to as Italians because they in general are Italian nationals. <Cosa_Nostra>
35. #35👥 | The Council

    Keys: Roanapur's four most powerful crime Syndicates, The Council, The Network

    <The_Council>

    Definition

    • The liaison committee made up of the branch leaders of Roanapur's four most powerful crime syndicates: the Hong Kong Triad, Hotel Moscow, Cosa Nostra, and the Nuevo Laredo Cartel, the last of which took over the Colombian Cartel's seat.

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    Info

    • Organized Crime Syndicate: Hong Kong Triad, Hotel Moscow, Cosa Nostra, Nuevo Laredo Cartel
    • Members: Mister Chang, Balalaika, Ronnie the Jaws, Fernando Lobos

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    Overview

    • Among the bosses, Mister Chang of the Triad is the one who leads the meetings and summons the other three leaders whenever there are threats to their business interests, when there is a problem involving major bloodshed in the city, or both.

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    Members

    • Over a couple of years in the mid-1990s, the Council has changed leaders on a few occasions.
    • After Verrocchio's death, Ronnie the Jaws took his place as Cosa Nostra's Thai branch leader in the second era of the Council.
    • Once Abrego was purged from the Colombian Cartel, Gustavo took over his position in the third era, but he gave up his Council seat after the Colombian Cartel permanently left Roanapur.
    • The fourth and current Council is led by Mister Chang, Balalaika, Ronnie the Jaws, and Fernando Lobos. <The_Council>
36. #36👥 | Enos Family

    Keys: Enos Family, American crime family

    <Enos_Family>

    Definition

    • An American crime family in the Deep South.

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    Info

    • Boss: Enos II
    • Criminal Activities: Racketeering, political corruption
    • Rivals: Gummer family

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    Overview

    • Led by the bloodline of Enos descendants, and it is unknown if the various gangsters in the family are related to each other.
    • Wealthy, having mansion as their base as well as a warehouse where numerous firearms and ammunition are stored. <Enos_Family>
37. #37🌍 | Extra Order

    Keys: Extra Order, E.O., Extra Order Company

    <Extra_Order>

    Definition

    • A large private military company in South Africa.

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    Business

    • All E.O. mercenaries wear green military outfits and are commonly seen carrying AKS-74U rifles.
    • The company has great strength in weaponry, as the company is seen having its own battleship used to deploy a gunship helicopter with missiles.
    • The company has its headquarters in Pretoria, South Africa. <Extra_Order>
38. #38🪖 | FARC

    Keys: Ejército del Pueblo, People's Army FARC, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, FARC-EP

    # Definition - A Marxist-Leninist guerrilla group that wishes to overthrow the Colombian government. --- # Terms - Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo - English: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – "People's Army" - FARC or FARC-EP --- # Info - Boss: Manuel Marulanda - Members: Alberto Camarasa (advisor) - Former Members: Roberta - Criminal Activities: Terrorism, drug trafficking, kidnapping - Allies: Colombian Cartel (currently), Medellín Cartel (formerly) - Rivals: Colombian government --- # Overview - A prominent ex-member of FARC was Rosarita Cisneros, who earned the nickname "Bloodhound of Florencia" during her guerrilla years when she committed terrorist acts, and she later deserted upon discovering FARC's alliance with drug cartels. --- # Appearance - The fighters of FARC wear black balaclavas to conceal their faces, in addition to wearing green military uniforms and green patrol caps with a red stripe at the bottom of the cap's crown. - The soldiers of the Sumasas Brigade are armed with Norinco Type 56 assault rifles
39. #39🐺 | Grey Fox

    Keys: Grey Fox, SOCOM, Grey Fox Commando Group, 9th Special Operations Group, 56th Engineering Task Force

    <Grey_Fox>

    Definition

    • a U.S. Army special operations unit which carries out foreign missions on behalf of the United States of America's National Security Agency.

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    Terms

    • Grey Fox Commando Group
    • Grey Fox
    • 9th Special Operations Group
    • SOCOM
    • 56th Engineering Task Force

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    Overview

    • They do not dress in U.S. military uniforms for their missions.
    • They are of various ranks, including staff sergeants, sergeant majors, a captain and a major, and among the soldiers are a few trained snipers.
    • A common gun that Grey Fox soldiers use is the Colt M4A1 rifle as well as the M14/M21 rifle for snipers.
    • Each member wears a tactical vest and simple clothing like plain shirts and jeans, of course carrying various military equipment for communications, defense, and the like.
    • The team is divided into five teams: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, and Echo.
    • Of these five, Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie are the primary forces. <Grey_Fox>
40. #40🇮🇲 | Hezbollah

    Keys: Hezbollah

    # Definition - A militant group and political party in Lebanon. --- # Overview - The group had a plan in the mid-1990s to carry out a terrorist attack in the United States of America. --- # Appearance - Members wear checkered head scarves around their heads and wear light-colored military uniforms. - Common weaponry among the soldiers are AK-47 rifles.
41. #41👤 | Highwaymen

    Keys: Highwaymen, Highwaywoman Forum, Highwayman, Highwaywoman, Highwaywomen, Highwayman Forum

    # Definition - An international group of cyberhackers specializing in corporate espionage. --- # Info - Criminal Activities: Cyberhacking, corporate espionage - Rivals: International Criminal Police Organization --- # Structure - A decentralized group where no particular members are the leader, but rather they collaborate with one another on jobs using their particular skill set. - Several rules that members must follow, such as not being allowed to know other members' locations. Nonetheless, for a particular job, there must be at least one member directly involved as a point of contact.
42. #42🇨🇳 | Hong Kong Triad

    Keys: the Triad, 三合会, Hong Kong Triad, 香港三合会

    <Hong_Kong_Triad>

    Definition

    • A blanket term for a particular group of organized crime in Hong Kong.

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    Info

    • Organized Crime Syndicate: Triad
    • Boss: Mister Chang (Thai branch), Zhuang Dai-Long (Hong Kong)
    • Over 14k Members
    • Criminal Activities: Drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, prostitution, extortion, protection, murder, smuggling
    • Allies: Rip-Off Church, CIA, Mong Tai Army

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    Structure

    • Structured so each branch has a boss, with the boss referred to as "eldest brother" or "dage" (Chinese: 大哥) by members below him, also applying to lower members who must refer to higher-ranking members as "elder brother" or "dailo" (Chinese: 大佬).
    • Certain administrative titles for high-ranking bosses, such as Chang being bestowed with the honorific title of "White Paper Fan" or Pak Tsz Sin.
    • Members of the group commonly speak Cantonese.

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    Description

    • Has global influence and several branches, including a New York branch (with the front business Oriental Mystic Collection or OMC), the Thai branch in Roanapur and Bangkok, and the base in Hong Kong, where a person named Zhuang Dai-Long approves orders for the other branch leaders.
    • In Roanapur, the Thai branch eventually saw Mister Chang, a former Hong Kong Police officer, be promoted as the branch's leader.
    • In Thailand, the Triad controls several businesses and makes other profits from the red-light districts in Phuket and Pattaya.
    • Two of the Triad's front businesses in Thailand include the Hot River Film Company and The Golden Swingin Night Club, the former of which Chang uses as one of several offices, and the latter of which he uses as a location for Council summits between Roanapur's crime lords.
    • Among the city's bosses, Chang is the leader of The Council.
    • The Thai branch in particular has frequent dealings with the United States' Central Intelligence Agency as seen in the "Goat, Jihad, Rock'N Roll" arc and in "El Baile de la muerte."
    • The Hong Kong Triad is forced to have good relations with the Roanapur City Police to allow the Triad to operate.
    • Chang is able to use his power to get his affiliates out of jail in the city, such as when Sawyer the Cleaner was able to leave Roanapur City Police custody due to her affiliation with Chang. <Hong_Kong_Triad>
43. #43🇷🇺 | Hotel Moscow

    Keys: Hotel Moscow, Отель Москва

    <Hotel_Moscow>

    Definition

    • A global crime syndicate and variety of the Russian mafia based in Moscow.

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    Terms

    • Hotel Moscow (Отель Москва)

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    Info

    • Organized Crime Syndicate: Russian Mafia
    • Boss: Pyotr Slevinin (Moscow), Balalaika (Roanapur), Monk Burgashvili (Japan), Vasily Krivchenko (Mexico–U.S. border region)
    • Members: Boris, Jodorowsky, Polanski, Vysotniki Sakharov, Menshov, Lazar, Daniil, Rabochek, Eugene, Zamyatin, Makarushka, Feodora, Varenkov, Maskaev, David, Koslov, Tatiana Yakovleva
    • Criminal Activities: Murder, drug trafficking, prostitution, protection, racketeering, bribery, political corruption, kidnapping, smuggling, extortion
    • Allies: Guadalajara Cartel
    • Rivals: Nuevo Laredo Cartel

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    Structure

    • Based jn Moscow, and other branches across the world answer back to the leaders in Moscow, including the unseen Pyotr Slevinin.
    • Each boss within Hotel Moscow holds the special title of thief in law (Russian: вор в законе).
    • Has great global influence, including branches in New York and Chechnya.

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    History

    • Most members of the syndicate are composed of Russians who were once bureaucrats or nomenklatura in Russia's various government agencies, such as the Soviet KGB, and these people left the agencies to join the mafia after the dissolution of the USSR and the corruption in the Russian Federation.
    • Some members are also ex-military, such as the dedicated VDV paratroopers who served under their captain Balalaika during the Soviet war in Afghanistan.
    • Balalaika's Vysotniki are ex-VDV soldiers who act as the Thai branch's special operations team.
    • For gang identification, some Russian mafia members are known to have criminal tattoos on their bodies, such as knives, star symbols, a double-headed eagle carrying a revolver, and heraldic ribbons with words and phrases like "mafia justice."
    • Besides ex-secret police and ex-military gangsters, some members are either current or former prisoners. <Hotel_Moscow>
44. #44🇯🇵 | Kōsa Council

    Keys: Kōsa Council, Kousa Council, Kōsa Clan

    <Kōsa_Council>

    Definition

    • A subset of yakuza based in Japan.

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    Info

    • Organized Crime Syndicate: Yakuza
    • Boss: Masami Kōsa
    • Members: Morozumi, Tadao Ishino (commander), Jun Teshigawara (underboss)
    • Criminal Activities: Protection racketeering, waste management, arms trafficking
    • Rivals: Washimine Group, Hotel Moscow

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    Overview

    • Initially friendly with the yakuza known as the Washimine Group, but over several years, relations between them deteriorated after the respective deaths of each crime syndicates' leaders.

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    Structure and business

    • Kōsa Council mediated with other yakuza groups via the Kanto Peace Council.
    • Within the Kanto Peace Council, the Kōsa Council was at a higher rank than the Washimine Group, allowing the former to make decisions against the Washimine Group concerning territorial disputes.
    • In Tokyo, they are known to possess territory in at least Shinjuku City and near Shiba Park.
    • Under him, Masami Kōsa had underbosses and commanders like Jun Teshigawara and Tadao Ishino.
    • Has offices and businesses like nightclubs, while controlling retailers, entertainment venues and industrial waste management
    • Has more firepower than other yakuza since they bought machine guns from gangsters in Hawaiʻi overseas. <Kōsa_Council>
45. #45👤 | Lagoon Company

    Keys: Lagoon Trader'a, Lagoon Companies, Lagoon Traders, Lagoon Company's, Lagoon Trader, Lagoon Company

    <Lagoon_Company>

    Definition

    • A for-hire shipping, smuggling, and pirate service in Roanapur favored by various criminal organizations for locating and retrieving or smuggling items.

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    Info

    • Boss: Dutch
    • Members: Revy, Rock, Benny, Le Majeur
    • Criminal Activities: Smuggling, piracy

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    General Overview

    • Including the leader, the company is comprised of only four main members (and one member-in-training) currently who met under unlikely circumstances and have starkly different backgrounds
    • The company gets its name from their boat, Black Lagoon.

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    Company Overview

    • Led by Dutch, who presents himself as a former U.S. Navy PT boat captain who supposedly went AWOL after the end of the Vietnam War.
    • Current Roles: the electronics specialist and navigator Benny, the businessman Rock, the gunslinger Revy, and ex-assassin Le Majeur, the most recent member-in-training.
    • Two bases, with one being at the company office on the second floor of a business complex building where the company has a residence rented for meeting with each other.
    • Second base is the dock house at the harbor where the Black Lagoon is stationed.
    • Has warehouses at the Roanapur harbor where they hold shipments for clients.
    • Whereas the two bases are mainly used as Dutch and Benny's residences, the others have their own.

    Activities

    • Engages in piracy to raid ships of their cargo on behalf of criminals, but they also ship various goods for criminals including but not limited to weapons, alcohol, human beings, and other contraband.
    • Uses the Black Lagoon Boat for water transportation, Benny drives the other members around town using his car.

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    Background

    • Dutch began the company in Roanapur at around the late 1980s.
    • Eventually, the Chinese-American Revy came along and joined his company as the second member, and Dutch cited not only her ambidextrous firearm skills as reason for hiring her, but also her great diving skills.
    • In 1992-1993, Benny was a university affiliate in Florida who angered both the U.S. FBI and the mafia, and he would have been killed if not for Revy saving him and bringing him to Roanapur.
    • For the next two years, Benny contributed his part to the team with his excellent hacking and communications skills as well as his mechanic capabilities to repair the PT boat, his computer, and the company's car. In the same year, Dutch saved Balalaika of Hotel Moscow after her duel with Mister Chang of the Hong Kong Triad,[15] and he brokered peace between the two crime syndicates, earning the bosses' respect. <Lagoon_Comoany>
46. #46🇫🇷 | Les Cinq Doigts

    Keys: the five fingers, Les Cinq Doigts

    <Les_Cinq_Doigts>

    Definition

    • A five-member unit of France's Service d'Action Civique (SAC), a French militia which wanted to maintain France's neocolonial influence in Africa.

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    Info

    • Parent Group: Service d'Action Civique
    • Boss: DGSE
    • Members: Le Pouce, L'index, L'annulaire, L'auriculaire
    • Former Members: Le Majeur

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    Overview

    • SAC replaced any member who died during missions, and Les Cinq Doigts' purpose was to operate outside of the jurisdiction of the French government, in particular the DGSE, but nonetheless on their behalf.

    ---

    Appearance and leadership

    • All members wore black bullet-resistant pantsuits with white dress shirts, as well as black gloves and shoes
    • Each member was a woman named after one of the five human fingers in the French language, which are (from thumb to pinky): Le Pouce, L'index, Le Majeur, L'annulaire, and L'auriculaire. Le Pouce served as the group's leader, giving the final say in how the group carried out its missions.
    • All five women each carried a Jericho pistol with them in addition to being trained in hand-to-hand combat. <Les_Cinq_Doigts>
47. #47🌎 | Lovelace Family

    Keys: Lovelace Family, Lovelace

    <Lovelace_Family>

    Definition

    • One of the thirteen noble families of South America.

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    Info

    • Boss: Garcia Lovelace
    • Members: Roberta (head maid) Fabiola Iglesias (maid), Tavia, Masica and Carina (maids), Mr. Hidalgo (mine manager)
    • Rivals: Manisarera Cartel

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    Overview

    • The least wealthy of the prominent families, and are based in Venezuela.
    • Garcia Lovelace is the twelfth and current head of the Lovelace clan, succeeding his father Diego Lovelace, the eleventh Lovelace patriarch.

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    History

    • The first ancestor of the Lovelace family arrived to the Americas from Spain as a settler on a boat for one of Francisco Pizarro's expeditions to the New World.
    • In the first several generations, the family gained great wealth through its plantations and emerald mining, then attaining its status as a "noble family." - The family had come under hard times in the 20th century, especially due to flooding of the tobacco farm, but still survived with the meager income from the plantations.
    • The Lovelace manor is located in Canaima, Venezuela.
    • With the formation of the family, throughout the centuries there has been a "head" of the family, having twelve heads as of the late 20th century.
    • The family has a Spanish-language Christian creed that they follow, which goes: "Una bendición por los vivos (A blessing for the living). Un ramo de flor por los muertos (A bouquet of flowers for the dead). Con una espada por la justicia, un castigo de muerte para los malvados (With a sword for justice and a punishment of death for the wicked). Así llegamos en al altar de los santos (Thus we arrive at the altar of the saints)." <Lovelace_Family>
48. #48🚔 | Metro-Dade Police Department

    Keys: MDPD, Metro-Dade Police Department

    # Definition - The county police department serving Dade County, Florida. --- # Info - Boss: Sommers (Chief of police) - Criminal Activities: Drug trafficking --- # Overview - Has various police officers across Dade County, with Sommers serving as the current chief of police. - Officers generally carry handguns for their primary weapons and use four-seated black-and-white police cars.
49. #49🚔 | Metropolitan Police Service

    Keys: Metropolitan Police, Scotland Yard, Metropolitan Police Service, MPS

    <Metropolitan_Police>

    Definition

    • The territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and crime prevention within Greater London in England.

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    Overview

    • Headquarters at New Scotland Yard in the structure formerly known as the Curtis Green Building.
    • Male officers of the organization commonly wear uniforms consisting of a peaked cap, white shirt, black necktie, and a police sweater.
    • Both male and female officers can wear other clothing such as suits and long coats. <Metropolitan_Police>
50. #50🚔 | NYPD

    Keys: New York City Police Department, NYPD, New York City Police

    # Definition - The police force of New York City, New York. --- # Info - Criminal Activities: Police brutality, Corruption --- # Overview - Their headquarters are located at One Police Plaza in the Manhattan borough of NYC.

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