Venom

All the evils that the Zu Nation is accused of, VENOM is the cause of.

When VIPER took over the Zu Nation and aimed towards creating a legitimate country, the less agreeable members began to form a secret coalition within the ranks of Zu's politicians. This group remained unnamed throughout the rebuilding of South Africa, slowly corrupting the Zu Nation from within. As the group spread its influence in Zu, it soon took on the name VENOM, and began pursuing some of VIPER's previous activities within Zu borders.

Now, VENOM has a sizeable foothold within the Zu Nation, its base of operations, and has slowly begun to carry out operations abroad. It's activities include bribery and blackmail of politicians to make them look the other way, theft of corporate secrets and technology, low key drug smuggling, and weapons trafficking, among other things. VENOM is still a shadow organization that has yet to be revealed to the world. The Zu Nation knows that _some_ criminal organization exists within its borders, and struggles to destroy it, but the name VENOM is known to few except the politicians in VENOM's pocket, and any heroes or villains in Zu who have had dealings with VENOM and managed to survive. Even for those who know, they dare only to whisper its name in the comfort of their beds, with a loaded shotgun nearby for protection. People who go yelling about VENOM and being public tend to meet with tragic "accidents". Zu's attempts to crack down on this organization have met with tremendous failure thus far.