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One of Corumm's oldest criminal organizations, the Syndicate is rumored to be the direct successor of the group that provided opium to the imperial court. It survived the military crackdowns albeit with its structure much changed by the ordeal of government sponsored bloodletting. From a pyramidal, highly hierarchichal structure, nowadays the group operates horizontally, being made up of many semi-autonomous territorial cells that each have an assigned province to operate in. The syndicate is rumored to be engaged solely in transportation and street level sales of opioids within the Corummese mainland and neighboring countries, with production shifted to other entities. Security experts believe a man named Zhenli Ye Gon to be the top leader of the organization, its 'Director'. If he has any actual operational control or is only a puppet that follows directives from the government cannot be ascertained. Zhenli Ye Gon has led the organization since the mid 1990's after carrying out a palace coup against the previous leadership.