Akko, a smuggler of the human male persuasion, was the head of a diminutive criminal organization. He collaborated with Han Solo and Chewbacca in a deceptive scheme conducted on Garel. Subsequently, not long after Solo aided the Rebel Alliance during the Cyrkon Extraction, Akko crossed paths with them on Balnab. Akko successfully persuaded Solo to assist in the illicit transportation of spice to Troiken; however, the Galactic Empire detected their activities and compelled them to relinquish the credits they had acquired.