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The Japanese Mafia: Yakuza, Law, and the State Peter B. E. Hill
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Oct 25, 2013 - “The complexity of Fukushima contracts and the shortage of workers have played into the hands of the yakuza, Japan's organized crime syndicates, which have run labor rackets for generations.” (Reuters, October 25, 2013). The Japanese police are never able to destroy the Yakuza. There's no plea bargaining, very limited wire tapping, no witness protection program … no undercover work allowed. Japan does not have an equivalent of the U.S. Aug 31, 2012 - It's problems within the Japanese law itself. Jun 29, 2010 - But is this the real Japan? Authorities destroy the Italian-American Mafia in the 1970s and 1980s. RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act, which was instrumental in helping U.S. Treasury Department's passing economic sanctions against the Yamaguchi-gumi and two of its leaders this year. The Yakuza labor practices at In a rare prosecution involving a yakuza executive, Yoshinori Arai, a boss in a gang affiliated with the Sumiyoshi-kai, was convicted of labor law violations. President Barack Obama recognized them as a threat to the United States, issuing an executive order that led to the U.S.