An inside look at organized crime in Japan

by Laura Domela

In the West, there’s the mafia. In Japan, it’s the yakuza.

The yakuza is an integral part of society but — unlike other crime organizations — it doesn’t operate entirely in secret.Yakuza are often well-known in their neighborhoods and have plainly marked public offices. In fact, Business Insider has reported how they quickly offered aid in the wake of Japan’s recent natural disasters — faster than even the Japanese government.

But it has a heavy hand in all the obvious things — like crime and prostitution. And The New York Times estimated in 2010that it controlled approximately 22 trillion yen (back then, about $242 billion).
via NPR

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An inside look at organized crime in Japan

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