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> In Japan, a country considered by many as quasi-Western and on par or ahead of the EU and US, organised crime is a legal pillar of society simply for the fact
by narism 5y ago
> In Japan, a country considered by many as quasi-Western and on par or ahead of the EU and US, organised crime is a legal pillar of society simply for the fact that it has always been that way.
Yakuza membership is down 10x from their peak in the 1960s and decreasing. A series of laws/regulations and changing cultural norms since the 1990s have increasingly constrained their ability to operate.
- suction 5y agoI'd say a country where anyone could look up the headquarters of a crime syndicate in the phone directory or on Google Maps hasn't actually done much to constrain their ability to operate.