The Yakuza Gangs

Japan has done some operations that have helped freed people who have been held in captivity. Recently in Tokyo the police force raided one of the Yakuzas owned brothels. Seven members of the yakuza gang was arrested and fifteen females were rescued and freed. This is not the first one time this happened. In the last twenty to thirty years the police force has been raiding many brothels in order to free the people who are working against their will. The police force has also been going into the Yakuzas hideouts to cut off their businesses like car dealerships and gas stations. The police has also been able to arrest people high in ranks in the mob. The people that they arrested were some of the leaders in their trafficking business. Once these …show more content…
They are doing more wild and crazy acts by the day and they are getting caught more. The arrest rate has been going up and this is nothing but a good thing for the environment and the citizens.” Another thing that has happened is that some of the gang leaders are also being assassinated. Japans PSIA (Public Security Intelligence Agency) which is Japans version of the FBI has been sending people in to do undercover operations. According to the Japan Subculture Research Center PSIA agents have been put in Yakuza areas and they join the gang. After they get to the some of the local bosses and assassinate them. That led to some people held against their own will to get freed. One undercover agent who underwent this stated, “After my mission was complete my team was able to capture other Yakuza members and have been taken off the streets. A lot of male and female sex slaves have been taken out of their captured states and are now back on a path to their old lives. I am happy for the work that I was able to do for these people.” This shows that there has been efforts into getting the crime of human trafficking cleaned up. However, this is not enough effort because there is still a lot of people still being affected by human trafficking. Also people are still ignoring the fact that trafficking is going