Comment: Freelance criminals out on the streets of Japan looking for work. Not so organized crime anymore!
As unemployment sweeps Japan in the worst economic crisis since the Second World War, as many as one in three yakuza gang bosses in certain regions has been sacked from the world of organised crime.
More than 82,000 organised crime members are currently believed to be operating relatively openly across the country, according to National Police Agency figures, nurturing close ties to political groups and keeping street crime low.
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