The Philippines' Bureau of Immigration has detained Ryuji Yoshioka, 55, the suspected leader of the "JP Dragon" crime ring based in the Southeast Asian country, investigative sources said Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/06/japan/crime-legal/jp-dragon-leader-detained/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #jpdragon #gangs #philippines #philippinesjapanrelations
A Desperate #Haiti Turns to #ErikPrince, #Trump Ally, in Fight Against Gangs
Erik Prince, a private #military contractor & prominent supporter of Trump, is working w/Haiti’s govt to conduct #lethal operations against #gangs that are terrorizing the nation & threatening to take over its capital.
Prince, the founder of #Blackwater Worldwide, signed a contract to take on the criminal groups that have been killing civilians & seizing control of vast areas of territory.
Investigators in Mexico found 17 bodies in an abandoned house in an area plagued by cartel violence. Read more from @CBSNews
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#Mexico #Cartel #Violence #CentralAmerica #Drugs #Gangs
Philippine immigration authorities have detained seven members of the "JP Dragon" crime ring based in the Southeast Asian country and comprising former Japanese gang members, it was learned Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/23/japan/crime-legal/jp-dragon-detention/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #jpdragon #gangs #philippines
Journalists Exposed Bukele's Ties to Gangs. Then They Had to Flee El Salvador to Avoid Arrest
Police investigations have gradually revealed the workings of a Japanese fraud group operating out of Cambodia and Vietnam, with a 46-year-old former member of the quasi-gang group Kanto Rengo believed to be its leader. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/30/japan/crime-legal/cambodia-fraud/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #cambodia #japanesepolice #gangs #fraud #kantorengo #vietnam #cambodiajapanrelations
Five people in Fukuoka Prefecture have filed a lawsuit seeking roughly ¥22.5 million in damages against top leaders of the Yamaguchi-gumi, the country’s largest yakuza syndicate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/16/japan/crime-legal/yamaguchi-gumi-lawsuit-damages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #yakuza #yamaguchigumi #kudokai #japanesepolice #gangs #fukuoka
Police arrested a former member of a high-profile quasi-gang group called "Kanto Rengo" for his alleged involvement in a Cambodia-based phone scam. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/09/japan/crime-legal/former-quasi-gang-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #cambodia #saitama #japanesepolice #gangs
More than 10,000 people were arrested last year for crimes linked to “anonymous and fluid criminal groups” known as "tokuryū", including scams and dark part-time jobs, the National Police Agency announced on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/03/japan/crime-legal/npa-organized-crime/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #npa #socialmedia #organizedcrime #fraud #japanesepolice #yakuza #gangs
Crimes committed by 'tokuryu,' loosely connected anonymous groups that primarily operate through social media, have become a serious social issue in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/24/japan/crime-legal/tokuryu-poses-problem-for-police/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #organizedcrime #tokuryu #japanesepolice #gangs #hostbars
https://www.europesays.com/1937149/ How bad is CECOT, Trump’s favorite Salvadoran prison? Watch the video. #Branch #Crime #CrimeU0026Justice #Department #Donald #DonaldTrump #el #ElSalvador #Executive #ExecutiveBranch #gangs #Justice #Negative #of #Overall #OverallNegative #Politics #prisons #salvador #tesla #trump #U.S. #U.S.DepartmentOfJustice #u0026 #Venezuela
‘We don’t know how any of this will play out’: what’s next for US deportees in El Salvador https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/20/trump-deportations-venezuela-prison #Trumpadministration #USforeignpolicy #USimmigration #DonaldTrump #USpolitics #ElSalvador #Venezuela #Americas #USnews #Gangs
This is your occasional reminder that there have been literal gangs in the LASD for decades.
https://knock-la.com/tradition-of-violence-lasd-gang-history/
Cohen worked on multiple #mafia cases & prosecutions of violent street #gangs.
The 3d individual placed on leave -- a member of the office's #civil division -- posted about #ElonMusk & #EdMartin, a #Jan6 advocate, leader of the Stop the Steal movement & #Trump's nominee for US attorney in Washington, DC.
A spox for the U.S. Attorney's Office for #SDNY declined to comment.
Japan's government has approved a bill to tighten regulations on host clubs, aiming to curb abusive practices that force female patrons into prostitution to pay off excessive debts. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/07/japan/crime-legal/host-clubs-bill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #hostbars #prostitution #women039sissues #japanesepolice #gangs #organizedcrime
Contrary to claims, #Venezuela's falling homicide rate isn't due to exporting criminals. A scholar explains how gang consolidation and pacts with the government likely play a role. https://buff.ly/4idZkm5
By Rebecca Hanson, University of Florida #gangs
New British legislation designed to crack down on smuggling gangs the government blames for a surge in people crossing the Channel in flimsy inflatable boats will fail to deter people from trying, experts say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/14/world/britain-gangs-human-smuggling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #gangs #organizedcrime #immigration #uk #migration #humansmuggling #humantrafficking
