The suspected "Luffy" mastermind and three others believed to be behind a string of Japan robberies and now in detention in the Philippines appear to be senior members of a fraud group from which 36 members were detained in the country in 2019, an investigative source said Saturday. Police have…
Eight men have been arrested in connection with an October robbery in the suburban Tokyo city of Inagi, police said Thursday, as officers attempt to track down the "Luffy" ringleader suspected to be behind a spate of burglaries across the country. Japan has been rocked by the robberies, which began…
Suspected members of a burglary gang that has struck homes and shops around Japan said they could not leave the group after accepting lucrative job offers for the heists, investigative sources said.
The presumed mastermind of a spate of robberies that occurred across Japan since last year may be in the Philippines, an investigative source said Wednesday. The person is believed to have instructed online groups to carry out the robberies, including one incident that resulted in the suspected murder of 90-year-old…