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The second major instance of drug abuse was directly promoted by Japan's domestic yakuza groups, who organized the trafficking of methamphetamine. Yakuza groups built methamphetamine manufacturing plants in South Korea and Taiwan, and smuggled the drug into Japan to sell to students as well as the general public. [4]
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 ...
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]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities on Wednesday charged the leader of a Japanese crime syndicate with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar for expected use by Iran in nuclear ...
Authorities from dozens of countries seized over 225 metric tons of cocaine in a six-week mega-operation where they unearthed a new Pacific trafficking route from South America to Australia, the ...
The yakuza and its affiliated gangs control drug trafficking in Japan, especially methamphetamine. [46] 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.
Six Rutgers University students and one alum were charged this week with running a sophisticated drug ring — and allegedly used a “private social media network” to sell narcotics to fellow ...
Victims and perpetrators include Japanese citizens, residents, and foreign nationals from a wide range of backgrounds and every social class. Some are victims of drugging, [2] gang rape, [3] torture, murder, sexual slavery, and sex trafficking in Japan as well slavery in Japan. Cybersex trafficking and coerced rape pornography [4] [5] are issues.