THE SWEENEY is the Flying Squad. It is a name derived from Cockney rhyming slang (Sweeney Todd... Flying Squad), used by police and underworld alike to refer to this highly mobile force of top London crime-busters, whose job centres on major crime and its masterminds. Increasingly involved with the 'organised crime' mobs, the Squad's brief is to dig deep into the underworld fraternity for the information which will enable them to prevent the committal of crime or lead them as quickly as possible to its perpetrators.