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The Professionals are the overall main antagonists of Grand Theft Auto Online. They are an elite crime syndicate operating in San Andreas.
Appearances[]
The Professional members dress in formal suits, sports coats, collared fabric bomber jackets or collared leather bomber jackets with business attire. Some wear black leather gloves, adding even more to their look of stereotypical hitmen. Sometimes, they may be seen wearing facial masks coloring black, gray or white. Their members are multi-racial, with white, black, and Hispanic members.
Description[]
They are a professional group of criminals that deal in everything from drug trafficking to arms smuggling to robbery to general mercenary work. They are in control of many different fronts and schemes. The Professionals always drive all-black or all-gray vehicles, ranging from sedans like the Fugitive to SUVs like the Granger. They also have access to heavily weaponized vehicles, such as FH-1 Hunters, Attack Buzzards and many others.
They arrange deals with various gangs throughout San Andreas such as Ballas, The Lost and Los Santos Vagos. They also seem to be affiliated with the FIB as well. They are also in control of many different fronts including the Mile High Club construction site.
The group of criminals also seem to be providing courier and bodyguard services for a variety of valuable employers, thus making them potential rival competitors for Merryweather. Professional Members also appear to be ex-U.S. Marines as Lester describes them as "ex-military units" (some Professionals members are spotted shouting military jargon such as "Semper Fi!"; motto of USMC). This makes them even more similar to Merryweather, as Merryweather operatives consist of former servicemen as well.
In spite of being enemies of the GTA Online Protagonist, they can be hired and become playable.
Story[]
As of 2013, during the events of Grand Theft Auto Online set before the story mode, the Professionals are encountered in many of the original contact missions, including most of the ones given by Martin Madrazo. In the mission Hard Labor, given by Gerald, the GTA Online Protagonist eliminates the gang's boss. Several of their operations are also ruined by the protagonist during this period.
During the events of Grand Theft Auto V, they are nowhere to be seen.
They then reappear in nearly every single update of Grand Theft Auto Online released since 2017. They are once again seen running several criminal schemes all throughout Los Santos and Blaine County. During The Diamond Casino & Resort update, specifically in the mission Casino - Bad Beat, their new leader engages in the gunfight against the GTA Online Protagonist, dressed in a juggernaut suit, however, he is also killed. 'til this day, they are still active.
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Trivia[]
- The gang's name could be a reference to the 1966 film The Professionals, or to the British detective drama The Professionals from the 1970s and 1980s.
- The Professionals bear resemblance to Shadow Company from the movie Lethal Weapon; like the Professionals, they are ex-military operatives involved in the drug trade.
- The in-universe explanation for their absence in Grand Theft Auto V, could be that after having several operations ruined and several members (including their boss) killed, they suffered a temporary downfall.
- They are arguably the group that has shown up the most in GTA Online, appearing in lots of missions since the game's release.
