The mysterious "Greek" runs a business that imports stolen goods, drugs, women — anything and everything — through the Baltimore docks. He's unimposing, soft-spoken and is only interested in facts that make him more money. Anyone interfering with this process is eliminated immediately, and his signature style is to leave victims headless and handless.

When one of his containers arrives at the port with 13 dead girls inside, the Greek calmly orders the capture of the ship's engineer, who had fled. After getting the man to explain how the valuable cargo had died, the Greek signals Vondas to kill him. The incident also creates problems with the union boss Sobotka, who is angered about trafficking humans and has doubts about their arrangements. The Greek handles the situation, reassuring Sobotka and sweetening the deal by tripling his rate.