Police credited anti-gang legislation with a 12% drop in gang membership over the past year
Posts tagged as “Yamaguchi-gumi”
Yamaguchi-gumi is Japan’s largest organized crime (yakuza) group
The suspects are alleged to have fraudulently registered a Mercedes-Benz without the real name of the purchaser
Police suspect the attack is related to the split of the Yamaguchi-gumi last year
Hirofumi Hashimoto allegedly did not reveal his gang affiliation in purchasing a Mercedes-Benz
The operation collected 300 million yen over a 5-year period
Masaharu Goto allegedly withheld his gang affiliation in applying for an account with a bank in Kanagawa
Officers entered the offices of the Ohara-gumi on suspicion of fraud connected to the purchase of a Mercedes-Benz sedan
Hironobu Ohara is alleged to have hidden his status as a gang member during the purchase of a passenger vehicle in Osaka
Police suspect the attack is revenge for a beating that had taken place four hours earlier
An internal shake-up could develop at a party on January 25, the birthday of the gang's Godfather, Shinobu Tsukasa