With the consumption tax on gold in Hong Kong being zero, smugglers can turn handsome profits by reselling the bars at precious metals shops in Japan
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Latest stories on organized crime (yakuza) from Japan
Total of ¥52 million in wagers on high school and professional baseball games were brokered by a kodo-kai gangster last summer
Victim received a telephone call from a person claiming to be a bank official who said that her bank card needed to be replaced due to security concerns
Suspects bound the victim's limbs and shot him with a stun gun over a 2-hour period
Suspect told police, 'In pressing him to pay up, I wanted to shoot him in the head to kill him'
Two revolvers were found in a storage room in Nerima Ward on March 30; marijuana and stimulants later discovered in residence
Yamaguchi-gumi stood at the top with 10,300 members at the end of the year
Boss of an affiliate gang of the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi suffered a broken nose in the attack
Tokyo District Public Prosecutor’s Office announced the non-prosecution after ‘consideration of various matters’
Search was conducted over alleged demands for payment of 'protection money' from a restaurant in Ogori City