Although it was always infinitely better for modern criminal organizations to try and do things in a much cleaner, corporate way, using lawyers, loopholes, and leveraged buyouts, at the end of the day, the fundamental way they had reached the high positions they currently occupied was usually by raw, unadulterated force.
That was the one undeniable similarity any syndicate or gang shared if they sat at the top of the food chain. They might have changed their outward ways over the years, laundering their money through legitimate businesses, or specialized in entirely different, white-collar crimes to stay off the radar, but at one point or another, they had all used brutal force. And the willingness to use that force was exactly what kept them at the top.
Suddenly, the heavy double doors of the boardroom burst open.
