What kind of cake are we talking here?

Paid off cops, soldiers, local leaders, etc. Not brutes in balaclavas but in plain sight and plain clothes, but outfitted with expensive things and efficient, but cold.

Look into corporations for influence and not some Robin Hood or rag-tag band.

Well that has an easy solution.

EXTERMINATE

Did they pay you for anything? Then who cares, you’re not included in the contract and not bound by it.