As Japan’s yakuza weakens, police focus ... - Associated Press News
WEBMay 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
WEBAug 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 ...
Tokuryū, a new crime menace in Japan, emerges from the shadows
WEBMay 6, 2024 · Japan's introduction of laws and regulations against organized crime in recent years forced the yakuza into hiding, but in the wake of this comes a new menace in the form of the tokuryū —...
Feds charge Japanese Yakuza leader with nuclear materials …
WEBFeb 21, 2024 · NBC News. Federal prosecutors in New York on Wednesday said they charged a Japanese Yakuza leader with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Burma to other countries in the belief that...
Japanese yakuza mobster sentenced to death - BBC
WEBAug 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 death sentence puts Japan’s mob on notice
WEBAug 29, 2021 · Nomura, head of the Fukuoka-based Kudo-kai and his second-in-command, who stood accused of one murder, three counts of attempted murder and other charges, were respectively sentenced to death and life imprisonment by the Fukuoka District Court on August 24. A yakuza gang member with iconic tattoos. Image: Twitter.
Ranks of Japan's once-feared 'yakuza' shrink – DW – 08/15/2022
WEBAug 15, 2022 · Among the 11,735 gang arrests in 2021, 2,985 were linked to narcotics, followed by 1,555 cases of fraud, 1,353 assaults resulting in injury, 1,008 arrests for theft and 91 charges of murder. "This...
Yakuza boss charged with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials
WEBFeb 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 …
WEBMar 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.
Japanese court sentences yakuza boss to death for ordering murder
WEBAug 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...