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Japan's authorities are clamping down on the criminal underworld, but the mighty Yakuza refuse to back down.
101 East
Last Modified: 18 Aug 2012 12:08
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Japan's criminal underworld, the Yakuza, has links
that go back 400 years to the Edo era. The various gangs that make up
the Japanese mafia have different origins, but many claim that the
Yakuza descend from Robin-Hood-like characters who defended their
villages against roving bandits. But their days of protecting the weak against the strong are long gone. Today, the Yakuza is a mighty and entrenched criminal network with nearly 80,000 members operating in 22 crime syndicates, and raking in billions of dollars a year.
A new law, the Organised Crime Exclusion Ordinance, was implemented nationwide late last year. Under this law, the National Police Agency and other government departments are trying to get businesses to stamp out mafia links, directing banks to increase safeguards to stop money-laundering, cut off loans to mob-related companies and deny bank accounts to individuals with known gangster ties. One of the main targets is the nation's multi-billion dollar construction industry where the Yakuza have long run rampant by pressuring developers to pay 'protection money', or using front companies to win lucrative contracts. But the mobs refuse to back down. In desperation, some are retaliating viciously against civilians while others are finding clever ways to survive. |
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