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World Security Bureau is an organization known by the acronym "W.S.B." Its rival is the DVX.

Their motto:
"aperi oculos tuos"
"Open your eyes."

Background[]

The W.S.B. retains at least three facilities for its use. One in Ithaca, one in Geneva, and a mentioned estate in Wales[1] that treated Anna. They also have a training academy and a Swiss-Austrian field office.

All agents are trained to follow criteria[2]:

  1. Objectively assess the situation
  2. Identify weakness
  3. Seize the initiative

The W.S.B. fundamentals of spying[3]:

  1. Flatter your mark, get them on your side - everyone responds well to a compliment
  2. Get the mark to do you a favor - they will see it as bonding and a favor now owed
  3. Slowly turn the conversation - to the point you're investigating, continuing the flattery
  4. Tee the mark up - to bring them around to agree with you
  5. Catch them in a lie - to find the truth

History[]

WSB Spies

Anna Devane, Sean Donely, Frisco Jones, and Robert Scorpio, The "A" Team (1985-1991)

In the 70s, Sean Donely was the head of the W.S.B..

1981 - The Ice Princess[]

In 1981, Robert tracked down the Ice Princess, a statue/diamond with a secret formula on its base that as Robert warned "could cause cataclysmic global problems" if not recovered. On the trail of this huge uncut diamond, W.S.B. agent O'Reilly, an elderly woman, was killed in a shoot out on the docks.

Robert was helped by Luke and Laura as all three stowed away aboard a yacht to a tropical island that was the base of mad scientist Mikkos Cassadine who wanted exploit the power of the Ice Princess formula to be "Supreme Commander of the World."

Ice Princess Diamond

The "Ice Princess" diamond

While fighting with Luke, Mikkos perished after being inadvertently locked in a secure area that had previously been frozen (due to a security breach) by a machine that was capable of freezing the entire world through a process called "carbonic snow". Worldwide disaster was barely averted when, with the help of Luke, the machine's security code was cracked (password: "I-C-E-P-R-I-N-C-E-S-S"), resulting in sovereign autonomy being restored to all the countries on Earth.

1983 - The Prometheus Disk[]

WSB Robert Computer 2

In-home W.S.B. computer (1985)

In 1983, legendary agent Robert Scorpio met with his former partner and ex-lover, Connie Townley, who came to town on a top-secret mission. After flirting, and checking up on each other with Robert's hidden agency computer, Connie then brought him in on the case - #0733-475629. The W.S.B. is tracking down enemy agents working in Boston, LA, Topeka, and Port Charles. The agency is aware the foreign agents are all connected, but doesn't know their goal.

Robert's first lead is found by his new wife Holly Sutton, when she meets Dr. Madelyn Stromberg, a researcher friend of Dr. Gail Baldwin, who is working on vitamin B deficiency and nervous conditions treatment through the Menninger Institute.

Anna Devane was formerly a spy with the D.V.X. and then with the W.S.B.. In the 70s, Anna was married to Robert and while they are now divorced, in 1977 they had a daughter named Robin. Robert didn't know that Robin existed until she was seven years old.

At one point she was brainwashed, with "Can you hear the waters whispering?" as her trigger phrase.

After a romance with David Hayward and the death of their daughter Leora, Anna moves to London and again joins the W.S.B. as an agent. After visits in 2006, 2007, and 2008 Anna permanently returned to Port Charles in 2012 after her daughter Robin's "death". It was later revealed that Robin was still alive and in November 2013, Anna and Robin are reunited.

For a time, Dr. Victor Cassadine was the head of the W.S.B..

As of 2014, Frisco Jones is the new head of W.S.B., replacing the thought-dead Victor.

As of 2016, Anna is the head of the East Coast branch of the U.S. Division of the W.S.B..

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W.S.B. evidence badge

In 2017, Anna recalled that while she was training in the W.S.B. Training Academy in becoming a field agent she met and befriended Valentin Cassadine who at that time was known as Ivan Theodore. She saw him as the best and brightest trainee in the academy even more so than herself. On February 13, it was revealed by an old classmate of Valentin from his time in the W.S.B. Training Academy, that Anna had put him on the W.S.B. Kill List. On March 28, Valentin revealed to a forgetful Anna that they had a one night stand before she presumably betrayed him. On May 12th, it was revealed that Dr. Alex Devane had been impersonating her twin Anna, and she was the one who had seduced Valentin and put him on the kill list when they were at the training academy.

On June 28, 2018, Dante Falconeri joined the W.S.B. on a mission to find Raj Patel and take him down. He was able to infiltrate the Turkish organization, but was also brainwashed before his father Sonny Corinthos tracked him down and brought him home in March 2019.

On March 28, 2019, Dante spoke with Anna about it and his P.T.S.D., and she shared with him her own brainwashing experience as a WSB agent. He left town that night to protect his loved ones and get the help he needed. He is triggered by the double-click of an automatic pen, then he states the phrase is "I will complete the mission."

On July 15, 2019, Frisco allowed his daughter Maxie Jones and her boyfriend Peter August access to the Ithaca W.S.B. Facility where Dante was being held. When Maxie heard that Dante refused to see them, she pushed her way into his room. Dante quickly grabbed an agent's gun and shot Peter August in the shoulder.

On April 10, 2020, while on contract with the W.S.B., Holly Sutton was supposedly killed when she drowned as the boat she was on sank.

On August 3, 2020, it was revealed that Dante was moved and is currently being held in a W.S.B. Facility in Geneva, Switzerland.

On September 28, Dante accepts a mission to go back home to Port Charles and secretly investigate Peter August, find out whether he is truly rehabilitated or still doing nefarious deeds. it is revealed that Dr. Liesl Obrecht is behind this mission in order to clear her name, as she is working within the W.S.B..

WSB AnnieDonely Badge

Annie Donely's official W.S.B. badge - with her late father Sean's ID number

On May 21, 2021, during her father Sean Donely's memorial service, Annie Donely, who had trained and tested to become an agent, passes a final test arranged by her father's spy friends, officially taking his badge number (#2661) as a WSB agent.

In early April 2023, as part of his unknown scheme to "save" the world and unite his family, Victor Cassadine kidnaps former flame Liesl Obrecht, and his two great-great nephews Spencer Cassadine, and Ace Prince-Cassadine. He holds them hostage on the Star, which takes off for then-destinations unknown.

Spencer's girlfriend Trina Robinson stowed away on the ship, made herself known to Liesl and Spencer, and was able to do minor sabotage to the Star, including contacting her mother, Laura, and step-father ex-PI Curtis Ashford. When she is found, Victor at first wants her thrown overboard. Spencer fights for her and attempts to bargain. Liesl saves them by convincing Victor she could use them as guinea pigs for her vaccine.

Two days after setting off to sea, the Star reaches its destination. Based off the coordinates Trina gave and the WSB's intel, they landed in Greenland. Laura, Valentin, Drew, and Curtis leave to make the rescue when the WSB claims they have no jurisdiction.

On May 3, 2023, when Frisco refuses to order the WSB to bomb the lab near Greenland to keep the Cassadine pathogen from being released, as an independent team is already there attempting to stop it, he is replaced as director.

While the hostages are rescued, Victor still gets away to the Haunted Star. Laura and Curtis manage to get through to the WSB, telling them Victor's location, and they redirect the drone strike to the yacht instead of the compound. Victor is shocked to find Spencer onboard, who promises to stop him - managing to knock him unconscious - unfortunately, the drones reach Greenland airspace, and Laura, Curtis, and Trina watch in horror as they hit their target, destroying the Haunted Star and presumably everyone onboard.

Upon returning to Port Charles, and with the success of the mission, Agent Hursley speaks with Curtis about becoming an asset to the Bureau.

In late May, Victor instructed Anna's double-agent file to be released upon his death. When it is, there is public outrage, and the agency publicly has her arrested for treason (even though they've known all about her double-agent past for decades). Martin rushes to her side for legal representation on Valentin's orders, but when the agency threatens to investigate Annie and Robert, Anna resigns.

On December 5, a newly arrived British-Australian import, John Brennan, is revealed as the director of the WSB, who has his sights set on Sonny, regarding Pikeman, and Anna, regarding an old spy operation from the 80s that went wrong. He is arrested on December 19th, incarcerated at Pentonville and relieved of his position.

Personnel[]

Agents[]

Contractors[]

Directors[]

Former agents[]

Former secret operatives[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. โ†‘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvozuGLUxQ4%7C While Anna and Dante are discussing brainwashing and needed psychological help, she tells him about a W.S.B. estate in Wales
  2. โ†‘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXtTE-Zx95A Rules listed by Valentin and Anna as given by the W.S.B. while they discuss catching D.V.X. agent Alex.
  3. โ†‘ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivCt4S_F02k rules listed by Robert to Olivia on how to get a confession
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Locations

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Cities, Towns, and Neighborhoods
Asian Quarter Neighborhood ยท Baltimore, Maryland ยท Beechers Corners, New York ยท Bensonhurst Neighborhood ยท The Catacombs ยท Corinth, Pennsylvania ยท Croton-on-Hudson, New York ยท Jacksonville, Florida ยท Las Vegas, Nevada ยท Llanview, Pennsylvania ยท New York City, New York ยท Niagara Falls, New York ยท Nixon Falls, Pennsylvania ยท Pautauk, New York ยท Pine Barrens Forest ยท Pine Valley, Pennsylvania ยท Port Charles, New York ยท Queens Point Neighborhood ยท Rockland, New York

Residences
Ashford Condo ยท Ashford-Lansing-Davis Apartment ยท The Brownstone ยท Cassadine House ยท Charlie's Pub Office Apartment ยท Chase Apartment ยท Collins Penthouse ยท Corbin Apartment ยท Corinthos Cabin ยท Corinthos-Davis Apartment ยท Davis House ยท Finn Apartment ยท Greystone Manor ยท Harborview Towers ยท Heller Apartment ยท Jerome Penthouse ยท Jones House ยท Neighborhood Safehouse ยท Obrecht Penthouse ยท Quartermaine Gatehouse ยท Quartermaine Mansion ยท Robinson-Ashford Beach House ยท Secondary Corinthos Safehouse ยท Winslow Garden Apartments ยท Wu Estate ยท Wyndemere Castle
Medical and Legal Facilities
Ferncliff Asylum ยท Freedman Clinic ยท General Hospital ยท Hospital Morgue ยท Mason, Petrovich, and Miller ยท Mercy Hospital ยท Miscavige Institute ยท Port Charles City Jail ยท Port Charles County Secure Psychiatric Facility ยท Port Charles Courthouse ยท Port Charles Emergency Services ยท Port Charles Police Department ยท Turning Woods Long Term Memory Care
Businesses, Hotels, and Motels
Aurora Media ยท B/N Department Store ยท Cassadine Industries ยท Corinthos Coffee ยท Crimson Magazine ยท Deception Cosmetics ยท ELQ ยท Harbor View Inn ยท The Invader ยท Jerome Gallery ยท Logan's Department Store ยท Marta & Chloe ยท Metro Court Hotel ยท Midwood Motor Lodge ยท Volonino's Gym ยท Woodbridge Motel ยท Wyndham's Department Store ยท Xtreme Motors ยท Yoga Studio
Eateries, Bars, and Clubs
Beradino's ยท Bobbie's ยท Cafe Cherie ยท Charlie's Pub ยท Eckert's Bakery ยท Haven Bistro ยท Metro Court Restaurant ยท Noodle Buddha ยท Outdoor Cafeteria ยท Perks Coffee ยท Port Charles Grill ยท Pozzulo's ยท The Savoy
Education, Spirituality, and Organizations
Afterlife ยท All Saints Chapel ยท Alliance to Save Exploited Children ยท Community Center ยท Corinthos-Davis House ยท Dawn of Day Cult ยท General Hospital Chapel ยท Lila's Kids Summer Camp ยท Madison Preparatory School ยท The Mooney/Kenny Shooting Range ยท Port Charles Academy Preschool ยท Port Charles Elementary ยท Port Charles High School ยท Port Charles University ยท Queen of Angels Elementary School ยท Scouts of Port Charles ยท Society Setups ยท St. Timothy's Catholic Church ยท Throwing Club ยท True Believers ยท Westwood Academy
Other Locations
The Bank of ELQ ยท Black Duck Distillery ยท Cabins and Warehouses ยท Home & Heart ยท Museum of Mayhem ยท Pickle-Lila ยท Port Charles Airport ยท Port Charles Funeral Home ยท Port Charles History Museum ยท The Port Charles Press ยท Port Charles Train Station ยท Public Spaces ยท Quartermaine Boathouse ยท Quartermaine Stables ยท Rage Room ยท Recording Studio ยท Rice Manor ยท Roger's Reptile Round Up ยท Steam Room ยท Storage Space ยท Sub-basement Laboratory ยท WLPC ยท WXPC ยท Wyndemere Parapet ยท Wyndemere Stables
Outdoor Locations
Angel's Bluff ยท Hospital Rooftop ยท Lookout Point ยท Metro Court Gardens ยท Metro Court Pool and Lounge ยท Oscar's Meadow ยท Port Charles Country Club ยท Port Charles Woodlawn Cemetery ยท Rana Point ยท Rice Park ยท Rice Plaza ยท The Waterfront ยท Waterfront Promenade
Out-of-Town
Andy's Roadside Diner ยท The Bar 65 ยท Beechers Corners House ยท Bensonhurst Church ยท BitZecure ยท Brasserie ยท Bridgeport Cafรฉ ยท Brooklyn Union Pub ยท Caulfield House ยท Corinth Outlet Mall ยท Corinthos Safehouse ยท Country House ยท D'archam Asylum ยท Francisco Street Coffee ยท Frankie's Bar ยท Friends of Peace and Love ยท Gelhorn Jewelers ยท Gene's Branford Roadhouse ยท Hidden Hills Safehouse ยท The Highsider ยท Jacksonville Airport ยท Jacksonville Beach ยท Jacksonville Beautification Guild ยท Jacksonville Hotel ยท John F. Kennedy High School ยท Llantano Valley Commercial Properties ยท Marino House ยท Montgomery, Barker, and Brown ยท Nero NYC Apartment ยท Niagara Equities ยท Nixon Falls Garage ยท Nixon Falls Park ยท Pautauk State Park ยท Pautauk Trucking Company ยท Pebela Cosmetics ยท Pikeman Security Group ยท Primary Corinthos Safehouse ยท Ryan's Bar ยท Sandy Shores Cemetery ยท Sawyer High School ยท Trout Apartment ยท Undisclosed Safehouse ยท Vanderbilt University ยท Vermont Safehouse ยท Webber California House ยท Whispering Pines Spa
Out-of-Town Government & Medical
Baltimore Police Department ยท Beechers Corners Police Department ยท Blue Cape Police Department ยท Celestial Heights Manor ยท Civilian Complaint Review Board ยท Crichton-Clark Clinic ยท D.E.A. ยท F.B.I. ยท Flatland Federal Prison ยท Green Briar Federal Penitentiary ยท I.C.E. ยท Ithaca W.S.B. Facility ยท Llantano County Courthouse ยท Manhattan North Hospital ยท Military ยท Mountain Landing Long-term Care ยท New York Methodist Hospital ยท New York Police Department ยท Nixon Falls Clinic ยท Nixon Falls Firehouse ยท Oak Hill Convalescent Home ยท Out-of-Town Clinic ยท Pentonville Penitentiary ยท Quantico ยท R.I.C.O. Act ยท S.E.C. ยท Shadybrook Sanitarium ยท Shriners Hospital for Children ยท Silver Water Aftercare ยท Spring Ridge Prison ยท State of California ยท State of New York ยท State of Pennsylvania ยท S.W.A.T. ยท Unnamed Medical Facility
International Locations
Bliss Street Auto Repair Mechanics ยท Boronsky Clinic ยท Canada Health Care ยท Canadian Lighthouse ยท Cartullo Couture ยท Cassadine Barn ยท Cassadine Compound ยท Chechen Cassadine Compound ยท Compound Prison ยท Devon Pub ยท Die Klinik den Geist zu Heilen ยท Doctors Without Borders ยท Donely Manor ยท Dutch Windmill ยท DVX ยท Ecole Internationale De Chatel ยท Edmonton Airport ยท Eisenschaft Bank ยท EuroTech ยท Geneva W.S.B. Facility ยท Greenlandic Cassadine Compound ยท The Hague ยท The Inn at Cascade Point ยท Interpol ยท Irish Inn ยท L'Acadรฉmie Oddette ยท Le Lucien Hotel & Casino ยท Lethe Unlimited ยท Marick Clinic ยท Mrs. Bletchly's B&B ยท Niagara Medical Center ยท Panopolis Taverna ยท Parisian Cassadine Compound ยท Russian Church ยท Steinmauer Prison ยท Suministros Medicos ยท Swiss-Austrian W.S.B. Field Office ยท Swiss Farmhouse ยท The Tower ยท Turkish Prison ยท U.S. Consul ยท Venezuelan Cassadine Compound ยท World Security Bureau
International Cities, Countries, & Islands
Cassadine Island ยท City of Amsterdam ยท City of Marrakesh ยท Country of Afghanistan ยท Country of Canada ยท Country of France ยท Continent of Europe ยท Country of Malkuth ยท Country of Santo Moro ยท Country of Switzerland ยท Country of Tanzania ยท Country of Turkey ยท Island off Puerto Rico ยท Island of San Cristo ยท Island of Tahiti ยท Mariana Islands
Former Businesses & Locations
Local
The Acorn Motel ยท Archer's Pavilion ยท Art Studio and Loft ยท Baldwin Law Firm ยท Bamboo Bar ยท Body Heat ยท Bradley Ward House ยท Bucket O' Blood ยท Campus Disco ยท The Cannery ยท The Cellar ยท Club 101 ยท The Croydon Hotel ยท Deception Health Spa ยท Devane Townhouse ยท Donely Shipping ยท Duke's Club ยท Emily Bowen-Quartermaine Memorial Clinic ยท The Floating Rib ยท Forrest Hills Sanitarium ยท Gemini Jazz Club ยท The Greenbelts ยท The Green Shirts ยท The Haunted Star ยท Jason's Bike Shop ยท Ko Shing ยท L&B Records ยท Laundromat ยท Luke's Blues Club ยท Luke's Place ยท Luzetta's Bakery ยท Mayor's Mansion ยท McCall and Jackal Private Investigations ยท Mount Hebron Church ยท Nite Lite Motel ยท The Oasis ยท The Outback ยท The Paradise Lounge ยท Pawn Shop ยท Pine Circle Sanitarium ยท Pizza Shack ยท Port Charles Hotel ยท Port Charles Plaza Hotel ยท Port Charles Women's Clinic ยท Queen of Angels Church ยท Recovery Room ยท Rendezvous Motel ยท Sonny's Coffee Shop ยท Stay Cool Teen Center ยท Tea House ยท Teen Time Sports Center ยท Vaughn's ยท Versailles Room ยท Waterfront Clinic
Out-of-Town
Art Loft ยท Benson House ยท Boxcar ยท Brenda's Dream House ยท Caulfield House ยท CoeCoe Cosmetics ยท Country Road Cabin ยท Equinox Corporation ยท Frank Oregon House ยท Gatlin's ยท Gatlin House ยท Green Meadows Spa ยท Grey House ยท Jacksonville Brothel ยท Jerome Apartment ยท The Lanai ยท Mount Rushmore ยท Quartermaine Cabin ยท Ramirez Hacienda ยท Riverside Condo ยท Roberts House ยท Roselawn Sanitarium ยท Serenity ยท Sunset Gardens Apartment ยท The Tan-O ยท Whitaker Farm ยท Zacchara Mansion
International
Canadian Hideout ยท Centre Hospitalier du Mont Georges ยท House of Mirrors ยท Lumina ยท Lynch Manor ยท The Melton Arms ยท Parisian Apartment ยท Triple L Diner ยท Underground Bunker ยท Webber Island Building ยท W.S.B. Training Academy
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