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Tokyo cops nab yakuza boss in illegal porn DVD operation

Yukio Katsuragi
Yukio Katsuragi

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested an organized crime boss for the sale of illegal pornographic DVDs from a shop in Toshima Ward, reports TV Asahi (Mar. 11).

On Wednesday, police took Yukio Katsuragi, a 64-year-old boss in the Sumiyoshi-kai, into custody for participation in the sale of DVDs in which genitalia was not censored.

In November, police busted the operation, located in Nishi Ikebukuro. During the investigation, Katsuragai’s participation in the business surfaced.

Since opening in August of last year, the shop recorded total sales of 150 million yen.

The shop recruited street touts through ads placed in sports newspapers, according to TBS News (Mar. 11).

Katsuragi is the head of the Katsuragi-gumi, a third-tier gang of the Sumiyoshi-kai whose operations are based in Toshima and Itabashi wards.