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  2. List of Yakuza syndicates - Wikipedia

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    Name Japanese Name Headquarters Designated in Notes Ishikawa-ikka 石川一家 Saga: 1993–1995 Ishikawa is the surname of the boss. It was joined to the Yamaguchi-gumi V in 1995. Dainippon-Heiwa-kai II 二代目大日本平和会 Hyogo: 1994–1997 It was successor of Honda-kai. Dainippon means Great Japan and heiwa means peace. It was not ...

  3. List of criminal enterprises, gangs, and syndicates - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 November 2024. List of groups engaged in illegal activities This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "List of criminal enterprises, gangs, and ...

  4. Category:Japanese gangsters - Wikipedia

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    Japanese crime bosses (20 P) Y. Yakuza members (3 C, 31 P) This page was last edited on 23 February 2021, at 21:11 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...

  5. Yakuza - Wikipedia

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    He was born Chogoro Yamamoto, but changed his name when he was adopted, a common Japanese practice. [17] His life and exploits were featured in sixteen films between 1911 and 1940. The roots of the yakuza survive today in initiation ceremonies , which incorporate tekiya or bakuto rituals .

  6. Yamaguchi-gumi - Wikipedia

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    On August 27, 2015, Japanese police confirmed that powerful factions, including the Kobe-based Yamaken-gumi, the Osaka-based Takumi-gumi, and the Kyoyu-kai, broke away from the Yamaguchi-gumi and formed a new group called the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi. [17] [18] Prior to the split, the organization consisted of seventy-two factions. [19]

  7. Bōsōzoku - Wikipedia

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    Japanese police call them Maru-Sō (police code マル走 or 丸走) and occasionally dispatch police vehicles to trail the groups of bikes for the reason of preventing possible incidents, which may include: riding very slowly through suburbs at speeds of 10–15 km/h (6.2–9.3 mph), creating a loud disturbance while waving imperial Japanese ...

  8. List of major crimes in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Name Deaths Location Summary 1923–1924: Sataro Fukiage: 7: Kantō and Chūbu: Serial killer Sataro Fukiage raped and murdered six girls. He also raped and murdered a girl in 1906. Exact victim estimates are unknown but one theory puts the number at 93 while another put it at more than 100. Fukiage was executed in 1926. 1925: Aoyama-kai ...

  9. List of post-Soviet gangsters - Wikipedia

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    Name Ethnicity Nickname(s) Comments Sergei Mikhailov: Russian: Mikhas: The leader of the Solntsevskaya bratva: Semyon Mogilevich: Ashkenazi Jewish (Ukrainian Jewish) Uncle Seva, the Brainy Don: Ukrainian mobster who is regarded as one of the most powerful gangsters from the former Soviet Union. Vladimir Kumarin: Russian: Boss of the Tambov gang ...