As Japan’s yakuza weakens, police focus ... - Associated Press News
WEBMay 18, 2024 · Police agents who were busy dealing with thousands of yakuza members just a few years ago have noticed something new: unorganized and loosely connected groups they believe are behind a series of crimes once dominated by yakuza. Police call them “tokuryu,” anonymous gangsters and tech-savvy young people hired for specific jobs.
Japanese yakuza mobster sentenced to death - BBC News
WEBAug 24, 2021 · During the four assaults between 1998 and 2014, a former boss of a fishing co-operative was killed, and three other people, including a police officer, were injured. Sentencing Nomura on Tuesday,...
Feds charge Japanese Yakuza leader with nuclear materials …
WEBFeb 21, 2024 · Federal prosecutors in New York on Wednesday said they charged a Japanese Yakuza leader with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Burma to other countries in the belief that they would be...
Japanese yakuza mobster sentenced to death - BBC
WEBAug 24, 2021 · During the four assaults between 1998 and 2014, a former boss of a fishing co-operative was killed, and three other people, including a police officer, were injured. Sentencing Nomura on Tuesday,...
Japan's yakuza crime networks are shedding members as …
WEBOct 18, 2021 · Yakuza membership is plummeting — the result of a decade of intensifying crackdowns targeting organized crime and the yakuza’s reach into illegal activities including drug trafficking, money...
US prosecutors say alleged yakuza boss planned to sell missiles to ...
WEBApr 8, 2022 · US authorities have arrested the alleged leader of a Japanese crime syndicate on charges of plotting to distribute drugs in the United States and purchase weapons including US-made surface-to-air...
Japanese yakuza boss Satoru Nomura sentenced to death for …
WEBAug 26, 2021 · A Japanese court has sentenced a yakuza mafia boss to death after he ordered a murder and attacks on three other citizens. Satoru Nomura, the 74-year-old head of the Kudo-kai crime syndicate in south-west Japan, denied accusations he had masterminded the violent assaults on ordinary people.
The rise and fall of the yakuza, Japan's ruthless mafia gangs
WEBOct 30, 2021 · For years, the yakuza have terrorised Japanese society. But now that their most notorious leader is behind bars, is this the end of an era? When Satoru Nomura, the 74-year-old leader of Japan’s...
Yakuza boss charged with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials - ABC News
WEBFeb 21, 2024 · The Justice Department unsealed new charges against a leader of the notorious Japanese Yakuza gang who they accuse of attempting to traffic weapons-grade nuclear materials from Burma to other ...
Japanese court sentences yakuza boss to death for ordering …
WEBAug 25, 2021 · Satoru Nomura, the 74-year-old head of the ‘Kudo-kai’ crime syndicate in southwest Japan, denied accusations of ordering violent assaults. The yakuza grew from the chaos of post-war Japan into...