Japan is on the brink of a mafia war as rival factions have developed within the Yamaguchi-gumi group of the Yakuza. The Yamaguchi-gumi is the top earning organized crime group in the world pulling in an estimated $80 billion dollars a year. The powerful Japanese mafia family dwarfs other organization and in contrast , … [Read more…]
According to reports from Japan’s National Police Agency the Japanese Mafia known as the Yakuza continues to be on the decline. Anti-organized crime laws put into place back in 1992 began a decline in new members joining the Yakuza but the crime syndicates number of active members remained somewhat stable at approximately 80,000 members … [Read more…]
Kiyoshi Takayama the second most powerful mobster in Japan has been sentenced to six years in prison for extortion. Takayama is a member of the Yamaguchi-gumi the largest mafia group in Japan and part of the Yakuza. He is now the chairman of the Yamaguchi-gumi Kodo-Kai faction and second in command over all of … [Read more…]