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The Dojin-kai (道仁会, Dōjin-kai) is a yakuza organization headquartered in Kurume, Fukuoka, on the Kyushu island of Japan, [3] a designated yakuza syndicate, [4] with approximately 320 members. [1]
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.
The synthetic drugs are made by so-called cooks in Mexico, then smuggled into the U.S., where American-based cartel groups proceed to distribute them to big cities and rural towns.
Oswaldo Zavala is a Mexican academic and writer whose provocatively titled 2022 book — "Drug Cartels Do Not Exist: Narcotrafficking in U.S. and Mexican Culture" — argues for a bold reframing ...
Note: As of 2020 the DEA considered the cartels of Sinaloa-Beltran, Juarez-Linea, Jalisco, Golfo-Noreste-Zetas, La Familia and Rojos-Guerreros to be the most influential cartels in Mexico. [24] Gulf Cartel (The oldest Mexican criminal syndicate, started as Prohibition-era bootlegging gang) Los Zetas (Formerly part of the Gulf Cartel, now ...
CJNG is considered by the Mexican government to be one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in Mexico [30] and the most powerful drug cartel in Mexico. [61] CJNG is heavily militarized and more violent than other criminal organizations. It has a special operations group for specific types of warfare. [62]
On 21 October, Mexican forces engaged in one of the deadliest confrontations of the decade, resulting in the deaths of 19 cartel members and the capture of "El Max", a high-ranking member of La Mayiza. [40] [41] The following day, a narco-banner from Los Chapitos appeared in Culiacán, aimed at Ismael Zambada Sicairos, leader of the La Mayiza ...
The Inagawa-kai is the third-largest yakuza family in Japan, with roughly 3,300 members. It is based in the Tokyo-Yokohama area and was one of the first yakuza families to expand its operations outside of Japan. Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi (神戸山口組, Kōbe-Yamaguchi-gumi) The Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi is the fourth-largest yakuza family, with 3,000 ...