Yakuza - Wikipedia
Yakuza (Japanese: ヤクザ, IPA: [jaꜜkɯdza]; English: / j ə ˈ k uː z ə, ˈ j æ k uː z ə /), also known as gokudō (極道, "the extreme path", IPA: [gokɯꜜdoː]), are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan.
List of Yakuza syndicates - Wikipedia
Yakuza (Japanese: ヤクザ, [jaꜜkɯza]), also known as gokudō (極道, "the extreme path"), are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan.
Yakuza | History, Meaning, Rituals, & Facts | Britannica
3 天之前 · yakuza, Japanese gangsters, members of what are formally called bōryokudan (“violence groups”), or Mafia-like criminal organizations. In Japan and elsewhere, especially in the West, the term yakuza can be used to refer to individual gangsters or criminals as well as to their organized groups and to Japanese organized crime in general.
Inside The Yakuza, The 400-Year-Old Mafia Of Japan - All That's …
2022年8月6日 · The Yakuza were, and remain today, something else altogether – a complex group of syndicates and the country’s most powerful and misunderstood criminal gangs. And they are inexorably tied to 400 years of Japanese and Yakuza history.
MAJOR YAKUZA GROUPS AND LEADERS: YAMAGUCHI-GUMI, …
Twenty-four organizations are designated by police as crime syndicates. They have a combined annual income of around $45 billion. The three largest organized crime groups in Japan are 1)Yamaguchi-gumi; 2) Sumiyoshi-kai and 3) Inagawa-kai. Together they have around 61,100 members, or 73 percent of Japan’s gangster population.
The Yakuza – Japan’s Notorious Organized Crime Syndicate
2024年10月11日 · In this post, we will explore the history of the Yakuza and their impact on modern-day Japan. The yakuza trace their origins back to two separate groups in feudal Japan: tekiya and bakuto. Tekiya were peddlers who travelled from village to village, selling their wares while living on the outskirts of society.
YAKUZA AND ORGANIZED CRIME IN JAPAN: HISTORY, …
The yakuza are members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan. It also describes a network of 22 gangs divided into factions that compete for wealth and influence. Their traditional sources of income have been as prostitution, loan sharking, extortion gambling and …
Yakuza: Past and Present - Office of Justice Programs
A Japanese organized crime group known as yakuza has been in existence for more than 300 years; the group can be traced back to as early as 1612 when group members began to attract the attention of local officials due to their odd clothing, haircuts, and behavior.
Japanese Yakuza Leader Pleads Guilty to Nuclear Materials …
4 天之前 · Ebisawa conspired to broker the purchase, from UC-1, of U.S.-made surface-to-air missiles, as well as other heavy-duty weaponry, intended for multiple ethnic armed groups in Burma (including the leader of an ethnic insurgent group in Burma (CC-1)), and to accept large quantities of heroin and methamphetamine for distribution as partial payment ...
Takeshi Ebisawa: Alleged Yakuza leader admits trafficking nuclear …
4 天之前 · An alleged leader from Japan’s Yakuza crime syndicate has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar as part of a global web of trades in drugs, weapons and laundered cash ...