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Yakuza headquarters are widely known to the public and authorities. Yakuza groups had official websites (here is a link to the Yamaguchi-gumi website which appears to have been recently taken down, but was operating in the open as recently as 2014.).
Oct 2, 2024 · The Yakuza, Japan’s notorious organized crime syndicates, have long wielded considerable influence over local communities, politics and the criminal underworld. Though they occupy a unique place in Japanese society, their power is gradually waning.
Jul 20, 2023 · From HBO’s Tokyo Vice to Sega’s popular Yakuza game series, the influence of these mobsters has moved beyond Japan’s borders onto the world stage. However, the yakuza are not new players in the global network of organized crime.
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.
This essay gives an empirical overview of the main trends in the business activities, organizational structures, and inter- and intragroup relationships of Japanese organized crime (essentially monopolized by groups known collectively as yakuza) over the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Feb 11, 2012 · The 21st-century yakuza must also deal with competition from organized gangs of non-yakuza criminals and from foreign crime gangs active in Japan. Before examining these issues, let us first take a broad look at the state of organized crime in Japan today. Yakuza membership and infrastructure.
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Feb 11, 2012 · Set against developments in transnational organized crime elsewhere – illicit transfers of high-grade weapons by the Russian Mob, worldwide distribution of heroin and opium by Chinese triads – Japan’s problems are minor.
