Yamaguchi-gumi
Yamaguchi-gumi ( Japanese 山口 組 ) is the largest group of Japanese yakuza .
Overview
The organization was founded in Kobe by Harukichi Yamaguchi in 1915 . The current gang leader is Ken'ichi Shinoda (also Shinobu Tsukasa).
According to the National Police Agency , the organization has its headquarters Reported ( 34 ° 43 '12 " N , 135 ° 13' 34.87" O ) in Kobe and the end of 2012 had about 13,100 full members and 14,600 associate members, which 44% of the Equivalent to 63,200 total yakuza. However, in line with the general trend, the number has fallen sharply, with 3,300 fewer members than in the previous year alone.
After the Kobe earthquake in 1995 , the syndicate assumed functions of the authorities with the distribution of food.
In 2004, Credit Suisse was investigated into alleged money laundering for the Japanese Susumu Kajiyama , who, as a leading member of Yamaguchi-gumi, generated annual sales of $ 900 million in illegal credit transactions.
Under the increasing pressure to prosecute from the police and courts, the number of members fell rapidly from 2010 onwards. In July 2013, it was announced that Yamaguchi-gumi is publishing its own, non-publicly distributed magazine for members. The publication is intended to counteract the decline in membership.
In 2015 the group celebrated its 100th anniversary with public street and children's parties. In September 2015, the arm split off from the Yamaguchi-gumi in Kobe and several members testified to police. The reason is the financial demands of the top management, which overstrained the declining performance of the lower levels. When the local leadership in Kobe left the parent organization, about 6,100 members went with it not only from Kobe but from 36 prefectures. In the course of the split, there were homicides and public riots. In April 2017, the group led from Kobe split again, all three organizations lost members and importance in the course of the split. At the beginning of 2018, the Yamaguchi-gumi still had 5200 members, the Kobe-Yamagushi had 2,600 people and the newest group, the Ninkyo-Yamaguchi, had around 460 members.
Individual evidence
- ^ Wolfgang Herbert: Japan after sunset: Among gangsters, illegals and day laborers. (2002)
- ↑ a b 平 成 24 年 の 暴力 団 情勢 (“Situation of the Yakuza Gangs 2012”). (PDF) Police Department , March 2013, pp. 3, 27 , accessed on March 24, 2014 (Japanese).
- ↑ Box with seven seals . In: Der Spiegel . No. 4 , 1995 ( online ).
- ↑ The Yamaguchi-Gumi Gang . In: Manager Magazin , June 7, 2004.
- ↑ Japanese mafia clan advertises with magazine . In: Manager Magazin , July 10, 2013.
- ↑ Tokyo Reporter: Yamaguchi-gumi boss makes first public appearance since split , December 2, 2015
- ↑ Die Welt: The Japanese Mafia has had its prime , October 29, 2015
- ↑ Nikkei.com: 山口 組 勢力 、 1 万 4100 人 と 判明 神 戸 山口 組 は 6100 人 , February 25, 2016
- ↑ Tokyo Reporter: Yamaguchi-gumi boss found bludgeoned to death in Mie , November 16, 2015
- ↑ Asashi Shimbun: 2nd spinoff from Yamaguchi-gumi has makings of organized gang , March 15, 2018