How Powerful Is The Yakuza?

In 2015, members of Japan to form a new gang, Kobe Yamaguchi years of warfare, assassinations and a terrorized Japanese public At the same time, organized crime is seen as a necessary evil by many Japanese, and their gangs are often revered in popular culture.
the Yakuza is not one group, it is an umbrella term for all of Japan crime groups With more than 50 thousand members spread over 21 independently the Yakuza is one of the most powerful mafia well The Yakuza unorganized and largely powerless until the wake of World War Two.
 At the time, the US
had just bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leaving Japan and its economy in ruins.
 As a result, the government employed strict food rations on its citizens, and basic goods became very valuable in black markets.
The Yakuza stepped in to manage those marketplaces, gaining both profits and control over neighborhoods and towns.
Some liken this to the way prohibition strengthened the US mafia.
Today, Yakuza cartels get most of their money through fraud, bribery, drug trafficking and blackmail.
The Yakuza Americas, and the group is known to outsource assassinations and other criminal acts.
 Yakuza gangsters manipulate politicians and powerful businesspeople by leveraging incriminating
insider information In the infamous 2008 hoax, a Yamaguchi Gumi front company got away with a $350 million dollar loan from Lehman Brothers, which was one of America investment banks at the time. Similar schemes, combined with constant manipulation of the Japanese stock market, has made the Yamaguchi group.
Even members of Japan associated themselves with Yakuza syndicates.
But despite their pervasive criminal activity, Yakuza gangsters are often seen as do and their cartels are glorified in Japanese media.
Yakuza members work out of office buildings and carry business cards, and cartels are often featured in comic books and fan magazines.
The Japanese mafia is even known to carry out charitable acts. Yakuza gangs were among the first to deliver aid to victims of the 1995 earthquake and the 2011 Tsunami.
Yakuza membership itself is not illegal.
Japanese police have cracked down on gang activity in the 21st century, law enforcement is generally incapable of controlling the Yakuza This is because white collar crime is generally hard to prove, and police lack the resources to track down most organized crime.
 they society, and their largest faction is worth roughly twice that of Mexico cartel.
 Their international crime syndicates are among the most centralized in the world, making it easy to secure mass amounts of money from the Japanese economy.
So whether it be as heroes or villains, the Yakuza is a powerful and influential part of Japan.
While the Yakuza is one of the the biggest mafia only one.