Due to police raids, the two largest of the clan were forced to raise the fee for membership
In Japan from March 2016 976 arrested man to avoid war between the two factions of the Japanese mafia – the Yakuza. Custody were members of the largest group “Yamaguchi-Gumi” and breakaway “Kobe Yamaguchi-Gumi”, according to the national Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun.
Authorities believe that they were able to prevent inter-clan war.
“After the split groups, the police tirelessly arresting their members, even for random encounters and property damage,” said one of the mobsters. According to him, after each arrest, the clan is forced to spend money on lawyers, which greatly undermines its financial viability.
As the newspaper notes, between two groups there were negotiations, but these were not successful. So, on may 31, was killed a senior member of Kobe Yamaguchi-Gumi”, and after a month and a half is one of the leaders of the “Yamaguchi-Gumi”.
Due to police raids both clans were forced to raise the fee for membership for the right to be called part of the “Yamaguchi-Gumi” Chapter separate gangs have to pay almost 4 thousand dollars. Rates in “Kobe Yamaguchi-Gumi” more modest: from a thousand to three thousand.
