Gangster arrested in Osaka for smuggling stimulant drugs from Shanghai
February 9, 2012
TOKYO (TR) – Osaka Customs and the Osaka Harbor Police Department announced on Wednesday the arrest of two men for violating the stimulants control law, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Feb. 9). Read more
Cops arrest six for trafficking in Thai women at Gunma hot springs gulag
January 26, 2012
When the springs on the beds at Ikaho spa, near Shibukawa City in Gunma Prefecture, got a little bit too hot, it was the police, not the fire department, that came to the rescue.
Nikkan Gendai (Jan. 25) reports that snack bar operator Kenichi Ando, Matsuba-kai gang member Jiro Sato and four others were arrested on a charge of violation of the Immigration Law and abetting prostitution. Specifically they lured two Thai women to Japan and charged them 5.5 million yen for “travel expenses,” which they were expected to pay back by engaging in the world’s oldest profession.
The two women, ages 32 and 35, were taken into protective custody. Read more
Hostess club manager, gang members arrested in prostitution of Thai females in Gunma
January 23, 2012
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police announced on Monday the arrest of the manager of a hostess club and two members of the Matsuba-kai organized crime group for the alleged prostitution of Thai females in the Ikaho hot springs area of Gunma Prefecture, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Jan. 23). Read more
Inagawa-kai member busted for unlicensed money lending
January 20, 2012
TOKYO (TR) – Officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested an upper-level member of the Inagawa-kai organized crime group another man for violating money-lending laws by loaning money without a license, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Jan. 19). Read more
Kudo-kai yakuza offices searched over shooting of construction exec in Kyushu
January 19, 2012
TOKYO (TR) – On Thursday morning, officers from the Fukuoka prefectural policed raided the Kitakyushu headquarters of the Kudo-kai organized crime group over the shooting of a construction company president the day before, reports the Asahi Shimbun (Jan. 19). Read more
Construction boss shot in Fukuoka, cops investigating gangster involvement
January 17, 2012
TOKYO (TR) – The head of a construction firm in Kyushu was shot in front of his office early Tuesday morning, reports broadcaster NHK (Jan.17). Read more
Yamaguchi-gumi member busted for fraud in convertible bond sales
January 12, 2012
TOKYO (TR) – Officers from the anti-organized crime division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Wednesday arrested an upper-level member of the Yamaguchi-gumi criminal syndicate for fraud in a scheme to sell convertible bonds, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Jan. 11). Read more
Former gang boss arrested in Tokyo for possession of three guns
December 27, 2011
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Tuesday announced the arrest of a former boss of the Kyokudo-kai criminal organization in Machida City for gun possession, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Dec. 27). Read more
Arrest of former Yamaguchi-gumi member stirring entertainment world
December 27, 2011
TOKYO (TR) – The arrest earlier this month of a former Yamaguchi-gumi member for investment fraud is setting off shock waves inside the entertainment industry, reports Nikkan Gendai (Dec. 23). Read more
Yamaguchi-gumi member arrested for extortion of Shibuya hooker club
December 15, 2011
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police on Thursday arrested a member of the Yamaguchi-gumi criminal syndicate for extorting money from a club raided in September for providing prostitution services, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Dec. 15). Read more
