Yakuza forced to run 'phone scams and corporate fraud' after extortion laws plummet numbers
- Posted on September 6, 2025
- By The Daily Star
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Yakuza forced to run 'phone scams and corporate fraud' after extortion laws plummet numbers

Under financial pressure, the transitional syndicate has turned to sophisticated white-collar crimes such as corporate fraud, blackmail and phone scams – practices they once looked down upon