A criminal organization that is still relevant to today’s society is the Yakuza; it is, “…among the most powerful and largest of the world’s many organized crime confederations” (Lyman & Potter, 2015, p. 275). The Yakuza organization is known to participate in corporate extortion, gambling, smuggling, loan sharking, money laundering, narcotics, real-estate, sports, entertainment, stock manipulation, tourist scams, sex tours, prostitution, slavery, pornography, and gun running; they also smuggle pornographic films and magazines as well as participate in prostitution rings (Bruno, n.d.a). While the Yakuza organization is well known worldwide and is known to operate at a high level, it has successfully transformed itself to evolve into today’s
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Most recently, it has been identified that, “An increasingly poor public image and Japan’s flagging economy have made he lives of gangsters difficult, which has made membership less attractive for potential recruits” (“Japanese mobsters launch,” 2014). While the standards in which the recruitment occurs have changed, the business practices that the group focuses on being successful as its activity yields $13 billion in Japan alone, and has its foot in transnational activity in the U.S., Australia, and most of Asia with drugs, guns, and trafficking in women for prostitution (Lyman & Potter, 2015, p. 276); the drug aspect is retrieved from Hong Kong and firearms are associated with Chinese and Russian organized …show more content…
Many opportunities have been made available for this group that has encouraged this front specifically through, “…the common practice of leaking governmental budgets for public works, the extensive powers wielded by bureaucrats, the high cost of bureaucratic mediation in construction projects, the demand for a cheap and obedient labor force, and chronic bid-rigging” (Rankin, 2012). As a result, stricter procedures have been established to make sure that the Yakuza organization has less ability to win these construction jobs. However, this has only encouraged the organization to take on demolition/disposal work where they have the ability to focus on still completing their operations and having law enforcement be less aware of them (Rankin,
Most recently, it has been identified that, “An increasingly poor public image and Japan’s flagging economy have made he lives of gangsters difficult, which has made membership less attractive for potential recruits” (“Japanese mobsters launch,” 2014). While the standards in which the recruitment occurs have changed, the business practices that the group focuses on being successful as its activity yields $13 billion in Japan alone, and has its foot in transnational activity in the U.S., Australia, and most of Asia with drugs, guns, and trafficking in women for prostitution (Lyman & Potter, 2015, p. 276); the drug aspect is retrieved from Hong Kong and firearms are associated with Chinese and Russian organized …show more content…
Many opportunities have been made available for this group that has encouraged this front specifically through, “…the common practice of leaking governmental budgets for public works, the extensive powers wielded by bureaucrats, the high cost of bureaucratic mediation in construction projects, the demand for a cheap and obedient labor force, and chronic bid-rigging” (Rankin, 2012). As a result, stricter procedures have been established to make sure that the Yakuza organization has less ability to win these construction jobs. However, this has only encouraged the organization to take on demolition/disposal work where they have the ability to focus on still completing their operations and having law enforcement be less aware of them (Rankin,