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KOBE Despite crackdowns and anti-gang ordinances, yakuza groups still maintain a stranglehold over some small business operators as a recent case here illustrates.
The romanticized notion of gangsters’ unshakeable loyalty to their bosses has gone by the wayside as internal battles erupt over ownership of gang offices.
The COVID pandemic has been another nail in the coffin of underworld groups. They were already struggling to overcome economic decline, an aging membership and aggressive eradication campaigns by successive governments.