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Yakuza bosses take legal classes to evade strict new law

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by Justin McCurry (from THE GUARDIAN) 

 

The Yamaguchi-gumi symbol.
(The Yamaguchi-gumi symbol. Often used in a badge to identify members and intimidate civilians. New laws make displaying the symbol very risky for the yakuza and their bosses)

Japan’s most powerful gangsters are mugging up on legal terminology in an attempt to skirt strict new laws that make them liable for crimes committed by their henchmen.

The country’s top three crime syndicates are believed to have hired former prosecutors to teach them the finer points of the law, which was introduced after the assassination of the mayor of Nagasaki, Iccho Ito, by a gangster last April. Continue reading Yakuza bosses take legal classes to evade strict new law →