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A 17-month-long series of extortion against confectionery companies starting in a kidnap of the president of Glico and involving confectionery spiked with cyanide. 1985–1989: Yama-Ichi War: 29: Kansai region: A Yakuza gang war between the Yamaguchi-gumi and the breakaway Ichiwa-kai faction that began over the death of kumicho Kazuo Taoka.
Furuta was born on 18 January 1971 and grew up in Misato, Saitama Prefecture, where she lived with her parents, older brother, and younger brother. [4] At the time of her murder, she was a 17-year-old senior at Yashio-Minami High School, and worked a part-time job at a plastic molding factory from October 1988 to save up money for a planned graduation trip. [1]
The yakuza existed in Japan well before the 1800s and followed codes similar to the samurai. Their early operations were usually close-knit, and the leader and his subordinates had father-son relationships. Although this traditional arrangement continues to exist, yakuza activities are increasingly replaced by modern types of gangs that depend ...
The leader of a Japanese crime syndicate who was charged by U.S. authorities with trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar pleaded guilty on Wednesday, the U.S. Justice Department said in a ...
Takeshi Ebisawa (born circa 1964) is the purported leader of a transnational Japanese crime syndicate, known as the yakuza.He gained international notoriety following his arrest and subsequent guilty plea to charges involving the trafficking of nuclear materials, narcotics, and weapons.
The name yakuza originates from the traditional Japanese card game Oicho-Kabu, a game in which the goal is to draw three cards adding up to a score of 9. If the sum of the cards is 10 or more, the second digit is the score.
Pages in category "People murdered by the Yakuza" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F.
The term fushin-sen has become synonymous with North Korean vessels that serve as a connection between North Korean criminal activity and the Yakuza. [3] There are incidents of fushin-sen being involved in the smuggling of agents, illegal immigrants, and drugs, as well as the abduction and trafficking of Japanese people.