![]() ![]() ![]() Their book is laden with fascinating information, some of it heretofore unavailable in English, on Japan's criminal organizations - their history, political connections and their current overseas operations, including those in the United States. Kaplan, a staff writer at the Center for Investigative Reporting, have expanded on those charges, interviewing more than 400 people - gangsters, lawmen, politicians, journalists, diplomats and scholars - here and abroad to determine the extent of the yakuza connection. Yakuza interests in the Los Angeles area have included import/export concerns, real estate, oil leases, night clubs, restaurants, gift shops, and tour agencies," the Commission went on to say.Īlec Dubro, who served as a consultant to the commission, and David E. "Yakuza members are involved with factions of La Cosa Nostra in East Coast gambling operations catering to wealthy Japanese businessmen. THE JAPANESE yakuza may be the largest organized criminal group in the world," reported the President's Commission on Organized Crime last April. YAKUZA The Explosive Account of Japan's Criminal Underworld By David E. ![]()
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