As Japan’s yakuza weakens, police focus ... - Associated Press News
May 18, 2024 · Police in Japan who were busy tracking thousands of yakuza members just a few years ago have set their eyes on a new threat: unorganized and loosely connected groups they believe are behind a series of crimes once dominated by yakuza.
Japanese yakuza mobster sentenced to death - BBC News
Aug 24, 2021 · A court in south-western Japan has sentenced the head of a powerful crime syndicate to death by hanging. The court in the city of Fukuoka found that Nomura Satoru, aged 74, had ordered four ...
Yakuza are in decline. A new type of criminal is emerging: tokuryu
May 19, 2024 · Unorganised and loosely connected criminals – some hired on social media – are believed to be behind a series of crimes once dominated by yakuza. As Japan’s yakuza weakens, a new type of ...
Japanese yakuza mobster sentenced to death - BBC
Aug 24, 2021 · A court in south-western Japan has sentenced the head of a powerful crime syndicate to death by hanging. The court in the city of Fukuoka found that Nomura Satoru, aged 74, had ordered four ...
Japanese yakuza boss Satoru Nomura sentenced to death for …
Aug 26, 2021 · Satoru Nomura, the 74-year-old head of the Kudo-kai crime syndicate in southwest Japan, faces the death penalty after being found guilty of ordering a murder and attacks on three other citizens.
YAKUZA - Tag - The Japan Times
The arrest stems from an incident in which a yakuza member allegedly cut off his own finger but reported it as an accidental injury to medical personnel in Tokyo.
Japan's yakuza crime networks are shedding members as …
Oct 18, 2021 · Yakuza membership is plummeting — the result of a decade of intensifying crackdowns targeting organized crime and the yakuza’s reach into illegal activities including drug trafficking, money...
Japanese court sentences yakuza boss to death for ordering …
Aug 25, 2021 · A Japanese court has sentenced a yakuza mafia boss to death after he ordered a murder and attacks on three other citizens. Satoru Nomura, the 74-year-old head of the “Kudo-kai” crime...
Yakuza boss charged with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials - ABC News
Feb 21, 2024 · The Justice Department unsealed new charges against a leader of the notorious Japanese Yakuza gang who they accuse of attempting to traffic weapons-grade nuclear materials from Burma to other countries, according to a newly announced superseding indictment.
Japan appeals court commutes death sentence for yakuza boss to …
Mar 12, 2024 · The 77-year-old boss of a major yakuza crime syndicate was sentenced to life in prison by a Japanese high court on Tuesday, overturning a lower court decision that had imposed the death penalty on charges related to four attacks, including murder.