With the docks and the Council elders dealt with, Dante turned his attention to the transport lines—the veins of the city. The Syndicate controlled the trucking unions and the private air-freight companies.
Dante didn't want to fight the unions; he wanted to own them.
He orchestrated a "crisis." For three days, every Syndicate truck was hijacked by "unknown bandits." The cargo disappeared. The drivers were returned unharmed but terrified. The Syndicate's clients began to panic. The reputation of the Vane name was being dragged through the mud—exactly as Dante intended.
When the chaos reached its peak, Dante appeared as the "Savior." He offered his own private security company—*Vane Security & Logistics*—to protect the routes.
The clients, desperate for stability, signed his contracts. The union leaders, fearing for their lives after seeing the Council fall, fell in line.
Dante now controlled every box, every crate, and every ounce of fuel that moved through the state. He had established a monopoly on crime by making it look like legitimate business. He was no longer a mobster; he was the CEO of the Underworld.