Scheme unraveled in February 2023 during a separate police investigation
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Suspect asked victim, 'Want me to make you cry?'
Cop said, 'I knew it was something I shouldn't do, but I did it anyway'
Shinobu Tsukasa was released from prison in a highly orchestrated underworld event in 2011
Suspects are facing charges of kidnapping for the purpose of transferring a person out of the country
'It costs money in the Inagawa-kai, it costs time in the Sumiyoshi-kai, and it costs lives in the Yamaguchi-gumi'
Suspect said, 'When there's trouble, we'll be the ones to protect you'
Report reveals everything from culinary bests to the unexpected dangers of being locked up without the yakuza
Narcotics had been carefully divided into small, zippered plastic bags
Victim managed to escape with only minor injuries, police said