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 t...