London Underground Crime Syndicate

London Underground Crime Syndicate sometimes shortened to simply LUCS is a major criminal organization founded by Professor John Marcus at some point in 1998.

Description
The London Underground Crime Syndicate is a major criminal organization which plans to extort millions of pounds from the National Bank of London. They also serve as the head honcho gang in London, and all gangs in the city answer directly to them. Although their overall plan is to extort money from the bank, they also run a number of businesses including a hitman for hire service as well as guns for hire. Their leader Professor John Marcus founded the syndicate way back in 1998, and in just a few years, he along with his right-hand man Major Claude Courtney were able to establish the most powerful crime syndicate in the city. They also get on very well with the London police as well as populace, as they are very discreet with how they go about their business. Marcus himself is very charitable so the police don't suspect him. They are also known to control all the prositituion in London, and run sevearl nightclubs, and are known for starting London's party craze. Interestingly, the syndicate does not deal drugs but are affilated with low level drug dealers as well as gangs that sell drugs. The main reason for this being Marcus fears that drugs are too risky, and will lead the police striaght onto his doorstep.

Their terrority is all over the city, and they do not have one specific hang out. Marcus himself mainly occupies the Central London branch of the syndicate, and allows the rest of the syndicate to spread out as they please.

The most notable members of the syndicate as well as the only ones who have been revealed are Marcus himself, Major Courtney, One Round Lawson the syndicate's chief enforcer, Victor Kennedy a high profile public figure, Richard Burton owner of the Luxton Bus Company, and Louis Harvey head of the Harvey Boys Gang.

They also run all the bookmaking opreations, gambling, and smuggling dens in the city. They even have connections to gangs in Cardiff and other major cities in the UK like Bermingham.

History
The syndicate was founded at some point in 1998 by career criminal Professor John Marcus. Marcus founded it with childhood friend Major Claude Courtney who was a well known con man. Major and Marcus intitally named it the Marcus Gang but quickly changed the name as Marcus felt it didn't sound appealing enough. They decided to call the London Underground Crime Syndicate as they started their gang by having meetings in the London Underground Train Station. The syndicate didn't really start to show it's strength until 2003, when Marcus, Major, their chief enforcer One Round Lawson, as well as fellow gang leader Louis Harvey robbed a security van in King's Cross. The van belonged to Prince Charles, and it showed just how ruthless and calculating Marcus and his people could be. The robbery was the gang's first major day, and also served as their first major robbery. They then began doing sevearl house robberies using Lawson as their burglar. The public was outraged at the amount of robberies, and Marcus proposed a soloution. He offered to stop the robbery epidemic, and offered people well paying jobs to work in his syndicate. Most of these new comers were used as enforcers and security for the syndicate's nightclubs and gamblling dens. When the syndicate began purchusing sevearl well known businesses in London they caught the attention of Richard Burton who ran the Luxton Bus Company. Burton soon joined up with the syndicate. and provided them with full access to his bus depot. The syndicate allowed the Harvey Gang to use the buses for drug trafficking strengthing the relationship between the two gangs. Burton later vouched for uptight business mogul and secret sontanian (disgusied in human form) Victor Kennedy who also joined the syndicate. Marcus as well as the rest of the syndicate not including Burton hate Kennedy, and do not trust him viewing him as untrustworthy and far too unpredicatable. They may also not trust him due to him being an alien. In 2009, detective Sam Bramsberry was ordered to infilrate the syndicate, and actually suceeded in getting in Marcus's good book becoming a trusted lieutenant. He was even given his own gambling den as well as being put in charge of the syndicate's opreations with the Longshore Union. However, Bramsberry's handler  Raymond Mak was later bought off by Harvey, and he spilled the beans about Bramsberry being an informant for the cops. Harvey then told Marcus who albeit very reluctantly ordered his death. Bramsberry attended a sit down with Marcus at one of the syndicate's bowling alley located in Croydon. During the meeting, Bramsberry was shot in the back of the head by Harvey killing him instantly. Harvey then ate Bramsberry's corpse as he was a cannibal. Following Bramsberry's death, the syndicate stopped doing work with Harvey and his gang for awhile but soon made up, and began working together again. It has been hinted however that Marcus secretly plans to get rid of Harvey due to him still resenting Harvey for killing Bramsberry despite being the one who ordered the death in the first place. In 2011, Toucan Sam joined the syndicate, and introduced Marcus to the smuggling business. Marcus put Sam in charge of the syndicate's new smuggling opreations, and he opened up sevearl small smuggling dens located in the rough parts of London and other major cities in England and Wales. Sam mainly smuggles fruit loops into Russia and Poland who in turn smuggle whiskey, and hardcore alcholol back to him which he then has his men sell on the streets gaining both sides a tone of money. In 2015, Captain Qwark became the syndicate's spokesperson having worked with them for a number of years.

Now
The syndicate have not made any major news as of yet, but in March of this year, Marcus along with Major were both knighted by her majesty Queen Eblizabeth the II in a ceremony attended by people such as Sir Lenny Henry, Captain Birdseye, and even Barry B Benson. Marcus has been keeping tabs on Harvey, and maybe secretly planning to kill him but this is yet to be confirmed. Harvey has also stopped associating with the syndicate citing creative differences as the main reason for his disassociation with them.

Noteable Members

 * Professor John Marcus (Boss/Founder)
 * Major Claude Courtney (Underboss & Advisor)
 * One Round Lawson (Chief Enforcer)
 * Victor Kennedy
 * Richard Burton
 * Louie Harvey

Trivia

 * The syndicate don't have any specfic type of dress code though their members typically wear well dressed suits sometimes with an overcoat.
 * They seem to be well known in sevearl other countries and cities including the US as former FBI agent Johnathan Maguire is planning to make a documentary on them.
 * Their businesses including smuggling, prositituion, gambling, extortion, hitmen for hire, bulgaries, robberies, nightclubs, and even kidnappings on rare occassions.
 * The syndicate are very neutrel, and will not attack openely in the street. Preferring to settle their business indoors.
 * It is implied that the Queen herself might be a member as well as Prince Charles but these rumours are yet to be confirmed.