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  2. Illegal drug trade in Japan - Wikipedia

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    The illegal drug trade in Japan is the illegal production, ... Illegal drug trafficking cases increased by 10 percent to 326 in 2011 compared with 2010. About 509 ...

  3. Dojin-kai - Wikipedia

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    With its activities of drug trafficking, the Dojin-kai has allegedly been Japan's largest wholesale dealer in drugs since the late 20th century, after the disbanding of three other yakuza groups based in northern Kyushu; Tagawa-based Sadaoka-gumi, known as "[Japan's] Methlord in the Showa era" which was crushed by the Taishu-kai, Okawa-based ...

  4. Yakuza - Wikipedia

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    The yakuza and its affiliated gangs control drug trafficking in Japan, especially methamphetamine. [45] While many yakuza syndicates, notably the Yamaguchi-gumi, officially forbid their members from engaging in drug trafficking, some other yakuza syndicates, like the Dojin-kai, are heavily involved in it.

  5. Japanese 'Yakuza Boss' Charged With Attempting to Sell ... - AOL

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    Ebisawa and his Thai co-defendant Somphop Singhasiri, 61, were previously arrested and charged with international narcotics trafficking and firearms offenses in April 2022, and they are the two ...

  6. Japanese crime boss charged with trying to traffick nuclear ...

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    Ebisawa, 60, and his 61-year-old co-defendant in the case, Somphop Singhasiri, a Thai national, were previously charged in April 2022 with international narcotics trafficking and firearms offenses ...

  7. US charges Japanese crime leader with trafficking nuclear ...

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    Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, and co-defendant Somphop Singhasiri, 61, trafficked in drugs, weapons and nuclear material, "going so far as to offer uranium and weapons-grade plutonium fully expecting that ...

  8. Yamaguchi-gumi - Wikipedia

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    The Yamaguchi-gumi are among the world's wealthiest gangsters, bringing in billions of dollars a year from extortion, gambling, prostitution, arms trafficking, drug trafficking, real estate and construction kickback schemes. They are also involved in stock market manipulation and Internet pornography. [2] [3]

  9. Miyagawa Yashukichi - Wikipedia

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    Miyagawa Yashukichi (born c. 1888) was a Japanese drug trafficker who, while residing in Great Britain as a purchasing agent for a Japanese company, was responsible for one of the largest drug rings in operation at the time.