Shiki the Golden Lion, Edward "Whitebeard" Newgate, Stussy Buckingham the Tech Bandit, the gangster Marlon, Captain John, Gloriosa of the Kuja, the sharpshooter Gil Bastar, Wang Zhi of Pirate Island, Charlotte "Big Mom" Linlin and Kaido of the Hundred Hostages... what if I told you they were all members of the same crew?
Their captain, a member of the D. clan, once infiltrated the holy land, killed an admiral, kidnapped 5 kings and destroyed one of the Gates of Justice while escaping... no, you can't have a reliable source for this, the government is hiding it...