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The Dark Clan

dreds of lodge members and further documents containing
information on the secret activities of lodge members ranging
from drug trafficking and money laundering to links with the
Mafia. The capture of one member led to the destruction of
the whole organisation. It all began with the discovery of a
list which eventually led to a series of scandals shocking the
nation and finally the exposure of the dark clan's "network of
greed".

Worried that all of its activities may become exposed the
dark clan took drastic measures in order to prevent this.
Some investigating officials were attacked and others even
became the targets of assassination attempts. This case pro-
vides many important examples of the methods the dark clan
will employ in order to cover up its crimes or when it per-

ceives a threat.
The clan member's pathetic and paranoid frame of mind
is of the sort mentioned in the Qur'an:
When you see them, their outward form appeals to
you, and if they speak you listen to what they say.
But they are like propped-up planks of wood. They
imagine every cry to be against them. They are the
enemy, so beware of them. May God assail them!
How they are perverted! (Qur'an, 63: 4)
The unanimity in the clan is an instinctive necessity
based on the individual's fear that "I could be next". Their sol-
idarity is not the consequence of positive moral qualities like
loyalty, devotion, faithfulness and love, but simply results
from the criminal code of the underworld fraternity. In dan-

ger-free times clan members can afford to give free rein to
their internal rivalries and even indulge in some "backstab-
bing", to use their own terminology. Within the clan, all rela-