• SMERSH – SMiERt SHpionam, "Death to Spies",
James Bond's original nemesis in the novels, though only taking an active role in the
1954 TV film, 1967 film
Casino Royale and only briefly mentioned in the others (apparently disbanded 20 years before the events of
The Living Daylights). The Soviet agency is in charge of assassination, loosely based on the real-life
SMERSH. •
SPECTRE – SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion, first appeared in the novel
Thunderball and replaced SMERSH as Bond's nemesis in the films. The independent terrorist organisation is headed by
Ernst Stavro Blofeld. In the 2015 film,
Spectre, 007 digs deep into the organisation and tries to get payback for the murder of
M (
Judi Dench); he discovers the organisation is headed by his adopted brother Franz Oberhauser, now calling himself Blofeld (
Christoph Waltz), and that its entire purpose was to personally persecute Bond himself. • The Spangled Mob – Bond's enemy in the novel
Diamonds Are Forever, appearing also in
Goldfinger and
The Man with the Golden Gun. The mob is an
American Mafia family based in Las Vegas. • Drax Metals –
Hugo Drax's metal company in
Moonraker, renamed "Drax Industries" in
the film, where it specialises in
Space Shuttle-like
spacecraft. • Stromberg Shipping Line –
Karl Stromberg (
Curd Jürgens)' organisation in
The Spy Who Loved Me. As well as operating the titular shipping line, it features its own line of laboratories. • Zorin Enterprises – Max Zorin (
Christopher Walken)'s multinational conglomerate, operating in computer hardware and mining, in
A View to a Kill. • Entreprises Auric A.G. –
Auric Goldfinger (
Gert Fröbe)'s organisation in
Goldfinger. Divisions include a
stud farm in Kentucky named "Auric Stud". •
KGB – Soviet intelligence agency. • Janus Syndicate –
Alec Trevelyan (
Sean Bean)'s vehemently anti-British terrorist organisation in
GoldenEye. • CMGN – Carver Media Group Network, Elliot Carver (
Jonathan Pryce)'s self-made mass media empire in
Tomorrow Never Dies. • The Scales of Justice – A movement in John Gardner's
The Man from Barbarossa. •
Yakuza – Japanese crime gang in the novel
The Man with the Red Tattoo. • COLD – The Children of Last Days, a terrorist organisation that Bond faces in the novel
COLD. • The Union – A villainous organisation in
Raymond Benson's novels
High Time to Kill,
DoubleShot, and
Never Dream of Dying. • OCTOPUS – Replaces SPECTRE in the video game
From Russia with Love (an adaptation of
the 1963 film) for copyright reasons. • BAST – The Brotherhood of Anarchy and Secret Terrorism, featured in the novel
Win, Lose or Die. • Quantum – A shadowy criminal organisation seen in
Casino Royale and
Quantum of Solace. The organisation is strictly apolitical—but with considerable political influence of their own—and will deal with anyone whose interests converge with their own. Known members of the organisation include an extensive network of current and former politicians, business people and intelligence agents. One of their leading members, Dominic Greene (
Mathieu Amalric), leads a cover organisation called Greene Planet. In
Spectre (2015), the organisation is revealed as a division within Spectre, rather than an independent group. • SCUM – Stands for "Saboteurs and Criminals United in Mayhem", the main villainous organisation in the
James Bond Jr. series. • TAROT – Technological Accession, Revenge and Organized Terror, the replacement for SPECTRE in the
James Bond 007 roleplaying Game produced by
Victory Games from 1983 to 1987. • Phoenix International – Rafael Drake (
Michael Ensign)'s organisation in
Nightfire. Ostensibly a nuclear disposal company, Drake used it to weaponise the nuclear materials it got its hands on in his plan to rule the world. • King Industries – Sir Robert King (
David Calder)'s multinational oil and construction company in
The World Is Not Enough and
its novelisation and video game adaptations. It was formed through the merge of his own construction business and his wife's oil business. • Osato Chemicals and Engineering – Mr. Osato (
Teru Shimada)'s company, supplying chemicals and engineering equipment in
You Only Live Twice, heavily affiliated with SPECTRE. • Graves Corporation – Gustav Graves (
Toby Stephens)' diamond-mining business in
Die Another Day. • Greene Planet – Dominic Greene's environmentalist organisation in
Quantum of Solace. Really a front for the operations of Quantum, and by extension, Spectre. • Sanchez Cartel – drug cartel run by Franz Sanchez (
Robert Davi) in
Licence to Kill, operating in both Americas and hiding behind many front organisations. • Rahani Electronics – major electronics company mentioned in
Role of Honour and
Nobody Lives for Ever, owned by SPECTRE commander Tamil Rahani, and possibly used by SPECTRE as a front. • Rattenfänger – paramilitary organization that engages in terrorism in exchange for money, in
Double or Nothing and
A Spy Like Me. == See also ==