Gangster avoided an 8-year sentence for extortion
Posts tagged as “Yamaguchi-gumi”
Yamaguchi-gumi is Japan’s largest organized crime (yakuza) group
Employee also extended loan of more than ¥2 million
Coverage of gangsters, tattoos and commercial sex by monthly Document will end with May issue
Revelations follow accusations that same employee arranged for car loan
Gang boss is suspected of giving orders in the crime
Membership is the lowest since statistics began being kept in 1958
Suspect allegedly passed mobile phone to fellow gang member on wanted list
Under investigation for drafting a false diagnosis
Suspects believed to have made ¥10 million in sales over past year
Defendant shot and killed a Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi member at an apartment building last year