Anti-Villain League

The Anti-Villain League (abbreviated to AVL) is a top-secret organization dedicated to arrest villians and prominent criminals.

Background
Due to its confidentiality, not much is known about AVL aside from its purpose.

One of the bases is a large submarine, where Silas Ramsbottom and Lucy work. Unlike a regular military submarine, the AVL counterpart is modified with a makeshift landing strip and a secret entrance. The submarine also has a boat tethered to it, although Gru later takes it in order to return to his place. The submarine appears to be capable of supporting numerous agents for an unspecified period. In the middle of the base, there is a conference table where Ramsbottom works and a digital projector screen. It is implied by Ramsbottom that AVL, being an international organization, has multiple bases, and one known location is Australia. However, nothing is known of these other facilities.

The agents of the AVL (with the exception of Lucy & Gru) typically dress in black and white and wear matching black sunglasses, similar to stereotypical secret agents.

Despicable Me 2
The AVL had been tracking the theft of the Arctic PX-41 laboratory for at least three weeks when Ramsbottom is forced summon Felonius Gru. Lucy Wilde, one of the agents of the AVL, is dispatched to escort the ex-supervillain to the submarine. Though there is some resistance from the reformed villain, Lucy managed to bring Gru in. Ramsbottom attempted to utilize Gru's skill of identifying villains in order to capture the culprit, although Gru refused to cooperate. Lucy leaves him a contact card for AVL in case of he would change his mind later. After Dr. Nefario's departure, Gru eventually joins the AVL.

The AVL, in order to assist the duo, gave them specialized tools such as a belt buckle that could detect traces of PX-41. They however failed to identify the true perpetrator, El Macho, as the organization does not believe in Gru's theory. Later, when the shop Eagle Hair Club is discovered to be contaminated with PX-41, the owner of the shop, Floyd Eaglesan, is arrested by the AVL. Declaring the case closed, Ramsbottom transferred Lucy to the AVL's Austrailian branch, though she went AWOL when she realized she loved Gru.

AVL is never seen for the rest of the film, although with the defeat of El Macho, the organization presumably arrested him and confiscated the PX-41 Serum he had.

Despicable Me 3
The AVL then appear to take on Balthazar Bratt, who steals the Dumont Diamond from a ship. Gru, Lucy Wilde, & two of the minions to stop Bratt, but he got away, causing Gru & Lucy to get fired. Before Gru and Lucy got fired, Silas Ramsbottom announces his retirement, meaning that Valerie Da Vinci will take his place.

Minions: The Rise of Gru
The AVL will reappear in this film, presumably trying to stop mutated versions of the Vicious 6.