Subordinates
Zenigata occasionally has a squad of policemen under his command (no matter where he is, since he is from Interpol), and they respect and admire him greatly, almost to the point of fanaticism. They are willing to place themselves in considerable harm's way to help him, and they are even willing to disobey orders from higher ups to support his hunches. However, Zenigata is frequently confronting Lupin alone, simply because he has outrun his backup or is the only one able to catch up with the thief. Zenigata and his backup tend to be humiliated as a group and then eluded. Despite this, the higher ups usually see him as merely a nuisance, so much as to try and give the Lupin case to someone else on several occasions.
It appears Zenigata also has many connections to various police forces around the world. In the Lupin III/Detective Conan crossover special, he was said to be an associate of Inspector Megure. During the time of the special, Kogoro Mori was temporary made Zenigata's assistant because Kogoro required his help to get into a country Ran had been forcibly taken to.
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