The Yakuza Mafia

Introduction

An army of 90 thousand men, as well as present in Japan, the United States (California and Hawaii), South America, Europe, the Philippines, Southeast Asia and Australia (Queensland), with a turnover Annual estimated at nearly 1,500 billion yen, about 22 thousand billion lire. For centuries, Japan dominates the Yakuza, graced by impunity that has allowed growing uncontrollably. The matrix of this complex criminal organizations, financial and policy dates from the fifteenth century, the times of feudal castes (Bruno, pp. 24-27). Bands more or less organized ("Yakko-machi," servants of the people) were born around 1612 to counter the arrogance of the samurai who, in those years, sowing death and fear. They are cloaked in an aura of romance to the Robin Hood 616d34g and have a large popular support. Among them are distinguished mainly Tekiya and Bakuto. The former originate from yashi, groups of street vendors who had taken an organization to protect their interests from the dictatorship of the Tokugawa family (1542-1612), undisputed masters of Japan. The Tekiya, over time, from street vendors turn into scammers. They lie on their products, deceiving the people of the villages. Until you get to forms of extortion in the territory in which they operate (Bruno, pp. 24-27).

It must be practiced and spread to a game at the time of Bakuto, the hanafuga (the game of the flowers), and more specifically to the combination of three cards loser (8-9-3: ya-ku-sa) is the name now used to identify the Japanese mafia. Bakuto to the tradition it must also cut off the finger (as a gesture repairer), and tattoo spread throughout the body (as a sign of belonging to the inalienable Ikka or gumi, the Mafia family). In the second half of the Yakuza began to enjoy more and more extensive protection, boasting strong links with the economic apparatus (Bruno, pp. 24-27). It binds in glove with the ultra-nationalists and participates in the terror campaign, called "government of murder" and punctuated by a long chain of assassinations of political figures, including two prime ministers and many ministers of finance. Tolerated by the Americans during their occupation in World War II, the Yakuza acquires the force needed to expand. Guns replace swords. The bosses, the example of American history of gangsters, even change look: sunglasses, dark suits, white shirts, and ties in tune. Also grow in number, increasing from 1958 to 1963 by 150%: 184mila affiliates distributed in 5,200 gangs (Bruno, pp. 24-27).

The Yakuza also called Gokudo, is a criminal organization, the Japanese divided into several bands called kumis or, in legal terminology, Boryokudan. Their members sometimes call ninkyo dantai, name whose meaning is approachable to the "honored society". The press often refers to it West with the generic term, “Mafia Japanese" for some common characteristics. Powerful at home, this signature Yakuza about five murders a year for infighting among the leaders and the mafia controlling illegal activities such as prostitution, extortion and gambling. It infiltrated the world of business and legal institutions in many countries ...