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in The Washington Post 'Outlook' by Jake Adelstein, 11 May 2008
Adelstein, a longtime crime reporter for Japan's largest newspaper, offers an insightful, personal glimpse into the realities of the yakuza, or Japanese mafia. In Tokyo alone the yakuza holds an estimated 800 front companies in a variety of sectors, but has traditionally been involved in drugs, prostitution, and pornography. The 80,000-strong yakuza is able to stay in power due to a lack of laws Americans take for granted, such as plea bargaining and witness protection. This weakness has allowed the yakuza's power to affect America and its citizens; Adelstein himself is under threat by the yakuza for his publishing his exposé, and is incredulous at the powerlessness of Japanese law enforcement to gain control of the situation.
Posted 4:58, 12 May 2008
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politics, crime, pornography, drugs, japan, fbi, prostitution, mafia, child pornography, yakuza, organized crime, japanese crime
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