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  2. Apr 8, 2016 · The yakuza, Japan’s notorious organized crime syndicates, are on the decline. While they still wield influence, their numbers have dwindled to around 53,000 members last year from a height of...

  3. May 18, 2024 · The number of arrested yakuza members in 2023 declined to 9,610, compared to 22,495 in 2014, according to the police. Yakuza crackdowns have driven many members to quit and sent others underground.

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    A report issued earlier this month by the National Police Agency indicated there were a total of 24,100 members of recognized underworld groups at the end of 2021, a decline of around 1,800 individuals on the previous year and the lowest number since statistics were first compiled in 1958. It is a far cry from the gangs' peak years in the early 196...

    "New laws have also made it illegal for small businesses to pay protection money to a gang, which has cut off an important source of income," he continued. "But you have to also remember that these have long effectively been businesses, and as such they are not immune from economic challenges and, just as importantly, a leadership that is reaching ...

    "There might be some violence as the surviving gangs argue over which one will be the biggest in the country and in control, but we may even end up with just one yakuza group," the professor concluded. Adelstein is less convinced, pointing out that the latest crime statistics tell an "interesting story." Among the 11,735 gang arrests in 2021, 2,985...

  4. Dec 3, 2020 · In recent years, foreign reporters in Tokyo have written about the decline of Japanese organized crime – the yakuza – owing to the passage of new anti-yakuza regulations. They’ve predicted the eventual fading away of the country’s unique criminal subculture.

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  5. Jan 30, 2023 · Japan’s traditional mafia organisation, the yakuza, has become almost respectable, leaving space for more violent Chinese gangs to muscle in on their turf.

  6. Nov 26, 2021 · This Japanese mafia was rich, much feared, and virtually untouchable. But now their numbers, money and power have dwindled. There are only 23,000 Yakuzas left today, and they are older and...

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