Syndicate

A syndicate was a type criminal organization that had a large sphere of operation and typically defined by territory or goods. Syndicates were led by crime lords, with a layer of underbosses beneath them.

The Miyuki Trade League was a smuggling syndicate that operated from the High Republic Era and into the Imperial Era. The Crymorah Syndicate, the Hutt Clan, the Pyke Syndicate, Black Sun, and Crimson Dawn made up the Five Crime Syndicates during the early reign of the Galactic Empire.

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