: Using front companies to manipulate the stock market and provide high-interest loans.
: Involvement in "Jiageya" (land sharking) to force property sales. The Yakuza
: Members can no longer open bank accounts, sign leases, or get insurance. : Using front companies to manipulate the stock
Since the 1990s, the Japanese government has intensified its crackdown on organized crime. or get insurance. Since the 1990s
The Yakuza represent one of the world's most sophisticated and storied organized crime syndicates. Rooted in centuries of history, they have evolved from street peddlers into powerful corporate-like entities that operate in a unique gray area of Japanese society. Origins and Early History
: Numbers have dropped from 180,000 in the 1960s to fewer than 25,000 today. The Future of the Syndicate
: Most members came from the "Burakumin" (outcast) class.