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Malaysia

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Japan

The Sixth Generation Yamaguchi-gumi (ろくだいめやまぐちぐみ) is the largest designated violent group (gangster) among gang organizations in Japan. Although the Japanese government allows the organization to legally register, it still lists the organization as designated and strictly controlled in accordance with the "Violent Gang Countermeasures Act". Its main headquarters is located in Shinohara Town, Nada District, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture.

The backgrounds of Yamaguchi-gumi members can be divided into three major categories, namely the "Hakuto clan" (a gambling organization), the "Teya clan" (an organization of open-air stalls around the festival) and the "Foolish Company" (Delinquent Youth Organization).

The main members were in December 2008. In addition to the team leader (family branch), there were 8 younger brothers (brother branch) and 78 Ruozhong (son branch); the total number of direct family members (direct team leader) was 86 people; At the end of March 2008, the Yamaguchi-gumi had approximately 20,300 general members, approximately 18,600 associate members, and an estimated 38,900 members, accounting for approximately 46.3% of all violent gang members in Japan (2008) There are about 1,650 lower-level groups at all levels; the main areas of activity are in Kobe, Osaka and Kyushu in Kansai, and their sphere of influence (except Hiroshima and Okinawa) covers 45 prefectures in Japan.

In addition to Japan, the Yamaguchi-gumi has activities overseas, including other Asian countries and the United States. The Sixth Generation Yamaguchi-gumi used the rhombus-shaped word "yamaguchi" as their emblem, and this rhombus-shaped emblem was later called "Yamahishi".

A brief history

First generation account

"Yamaguchi Haruyoshi", who was engaged in fishing in "Awaji Shima Tsuna-gun", Japan, went to Kobe Port in 1906 and changed his career to shipping He was a small foreman of the "Kurabashi-gumi" in the industry. In 1912, he joined the "Oshima-gumi" in the port artificial supply industry (the team leader was Oshima Hideyoshi, who was known as the canal shogunate) and served as an on-site supervisory bodyguard. In March 1915, "Haruyoshi Yamaguchi" founded the Yamaguchi-gumi with about 50 other stevedores in Nishide-cho, Hyogo-ku, Kobe City, and became a branch of the Oshima-gumi of the Tsubo family at that time. In 1925, Yamaguchi Haruyoshi retired, and his eldest son "Yamaguchi Noboru" succeeded him as the second-generation leader.

The Second Generation

In 1925, "Yamaguchi Nobori" and 34 sub-members completed the family business inheritance ceremony at the restaurant in Suma, Kobe City. In March 1928, the world financial panic also spread to Japan. The Yamaguchi-gumi's monopoly on the morning market retail of fresh fish and dry goods on Kominato Street in Hyogo District, Kobe City, and other economic sources were hit; in the same year, "Yamaguchi Nobori" was established. The campaign against the Oshima group was suspended. In 1929, due to the issue of the campaign, "Yamaguchi Nobori" was defeated by Oshima Hideyoshi and expelled from the Oshima group. In 1930, in order to benefit from the planned construction of the "Kobe Central Wholesale Market" planned by Kobe City, the Yamaguchi-gumi moved the office to Kirito-cho, Hyogo-ku, near the planned location of the Kobe Central Wholesale Market. To this end, the Yamaguchi-gumi and the Oshima-gumi After the formal confrontation, bloody conflicts continued.

In July 1932, the Oshima-gumi's plan to kill "Yamaguchi Noboribu" failed. Fearing the rise of Japan's militaristic regime, the conflict against the Yamaguchi-gumi was suspended. After the incident, "Yamaguchi Nobori" was eager to expand new sources of income for the Yamaguchi-gumi, and began to get involved in the performance business of "Nangqu Xingxing". After consulting with Kobe City Council member Fukumori Shotaro, in July of the same year, "Yamaguchi Nobori" started performing in Shikoku Organized performances for "Shofuken Roi no Hana"; afterwards, the Yamaguchi-gumi established a performance division to replace "Shofuken Roi no Hana" and assigned the person in charge of the resuscitation "Yoshinosuke Shomura" Arranged as manager of the Yamaguchi Group's Corporate Department. In December of the same year, the Kobe Central Wholesale Market opened, and the Yamaguchi Group obtained the business rights and operated a casino in the market.

Not long after the Yamaguchi-gumi got involved in the entertainment industry, in addition to holding public performances in various places, he also worked as a security guard at the Kokugikan in Japan; "Yamaguchi Nobori" also often mediates performance disputes for nagakushi and provides services for As a guarantee for Yoshimoto Kogyo's business in Tokyo. In August 1934, the "Seamen's Dispute" occurred, and "Yamaguchi Noboru" was entrusted with the role of mediating the dispute; however, Yamaguchi Nobori's agent (younger brother) clashed with the union's right-wing group and the General House during negotiations with the union. , was killed. The then Yamaguchi group member "Oka Seiyoshi" and the trainee "Taoka Kazuo" were ordered to deal with it. Taoka used a Japanese sword to kill the union leader and seriously injured him, and was subsequently arrested and imprisoned; in October of the same year, In order to win the performance rights of a well-known nagashi, "Hirosawa Torazo", the Yamaguchi-gumi began to actively persuade him to transfer from "Nagake Kinzo" to "Yoshimoto Kogyo".

In October 1935, Kazuo Taoka was released from the Penal Service. In January 1936, he officially became a member of the "Yamaguchi Nobori" subgroup. In February 1937, Taoka Kazuo was sent to the prison again to serve an eight-year sentence for killing his fellow member Ocho Hachiro. Ocho Hachiro's brother, the leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi group, "Ocho Kazuo", came here to ask for his leave. In 1940, the Yamaguchi-gumi acted as an agent for Yoshimoto Kogyo to resolve the controversial issue of the transfer of the performance rights of Naniwa Shi? "Hirosawa Torazo" and had conflicts with the "Gōin-gumi", the organization behind the "Naniwa Family Kinzo" in Asakusa; in August of the same year, "Yamaguchi "Noboru" went to the place of "Naniwaya Kinzo" in Asakusa to negotiate with the Goto-gumi about the performance rights of "Hirosawa Torazo", but he was attacked and seriously injured by five people from the Goto-gumi. In October 1942, Noboru Yamaguchi died of his injuries, shortly after his death. , if the leader in the group "Miru Sumita" asks to go.

Sandaime

(Sandaime Yamaguchi-gumi)

In 1943, "Taoka Kazuo" was sentenced to a reduced sentence of 2 years. After the Second World War, in July 1946, the Yamaguchi-gumi younger brother meeting, the former second-generation head of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Sentaro Fujita, proposed "Taoka Kazuo" as the third-generation head of the Yamaguchi-gumi; Wait for unanimous approval by all members. In October of the same year, the third-generation Yamaguchi-gumi shrine ceremony of "Kazuo Taoka" was held in a cafeteria in Kobe's newly opened area, with about 10 participants.

Afterwards, a disclosure banquet was held at the cooking pavilion in Aioicho, Ikuta-ku, Kobe City. The third generation of the first Wakatashi Yamada Kuichi took office, and the first cup of "Tagaoka Kazuo", Yoshikawa Yuji, Oka Seiki, Morikawa Morinosuke, and Minato Yoshiji , brothers Yasuhara Takeo and Yasuhara Masao, etc., there are 6 brothers and 14 wazo from the ancestors, plus 13 wazo (Taoka group) who are direct descendants of "Taoka Kazuo", totaling 33 people. In October 1946, he moved his home and Yamaguchi-gumi office to Tachibana-dori, Ikuta Ward (later Chuo-ku), Kobe City, in front of the Kobe District Court; in the same year, the leader of the Maruzan Group, Chen Sanlang (real name: Chen Chuanfeng, formerly from Changhua, Taiwan) , later moved to Japan) and team leader Taoka Kazuo became brothers.

In 1947, private trade was opened again, and the Yamaguchi-gumi actively engaged in port-related businesses. In 1948, the Civilian Transportation Section of the Economic and Science Bureau of the Allied Commander-in-Chief in Japan issued a ban on special contracting and secondary subcontracting of port loading and unloading operations, which severely affected the Yamaguchi-gumi's port subcontracting business. In 1949, Kazuo Taoka served as president of the Port Cave Association (the predecessor of the dock union). In July 1951, Kazuo Taoka went to Toei Kyoto Photography Studio to visit "Kanematsu Renkichi", the manager of "Tsuruda Koji", and requested that "Tsuruda Koji" be allowed to perform in the Yamaguchi-gumi's Kogyo Club, but was rejected. In January 1952 of the following year, the "Tsuruda Koji Attack", in which Koji Tsuruta was violently assaulted by Yamaguchi-gumi member Kenichi Yamamoto and others at a hotel in Tennoji District, Osaka, shocked the Japanese entertainment industry. In the same year, Japan's Ministry of Transportation enacted the Port Transportation Business Act. The subcontracting of port handling operations prohibited by GHQ was abolished, and the Yamaguchi-gumi once again became active in the port business. In 1953, the Yamaguchi-gumi and the Honda Association became the two major underworld forces in the Kansai region. In the same year, the Yamaguchi-gumi began to develop in Kyushu. In the same year, the Yamaguchi-gumi Promotional Department was renamed "Kobe Entertainment Society" and held the "Twenty Private Competitions". Singer Performance" (the predecessor of the "Red and White Confrontation Awards") radio program.

In April 1956, the secondary subcontractors of Kobe Port gathered to establish the "Kobe Port Harbor Labor Union Federation", which was composed of Yamaguchi-gumi-related companies plus 15 independent trade unions and 440 workers. composition. Prior to this, the large-scale trade union organization in Kobe Port originally had only the "Kobe Branch of the All-Hong Kong Labor Organization" composed of workers who were subcontracted once. In July of the same year, the "Komatsushima Protest Incident" broke out. Members of the Yamaguchi-gumi Kodenryu group and members of the Honda-kai Hirai group clashed. Afterwards, the conflict expanded, and the Fukuda and Katsuura groups of the Honda Association intervened. In November 1957, the leader of the Xiao Tianlong Group was shot by members of the Fukuda Group in Komatsushima Port. When the Yamaguchi-gumi headquarters was informed, 115 members of the Yamaguchi-gumi group, under the command of Yukio Tokuchi, went to the Tokushima Prefecture and Fukuda-gumi offices to demonstrate, but were intercepted by the Tokushima Prefectural police on the way. Later, under the mediation of Liberal Democratic Party member Konishi Toromatsu, the Yamaguchi-gumi and the Honda Association reached a settlement.

The "Komatsushima Resistance" adopted a rapid and large-scale mobilization of demonstrations, which was adopted by the Yamaguchi-gumi as a tactic for future protests; it also became a precursor to the Yamaguchi-gumi's formal expansion of the country with force. Under the leadership of its four pioneers (the Tunto Group, the Yanagawa Group, the Sugaya Group and the Konishi Group), the Yamaguchi Group has transformed from a well-known corner player in the region into the largest cross-regional enterprise in Japan. Transform the underworld organization. In 1963, the Japanese police designated five organizations as "wide-area violent groups": the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi, Kobe Honda-kai, Osaka Yanagawa-gumi, Atami Kinsei-kai, and Tokyo Matsuba-kai. In the same year, the Yamaguchi-gumi established the "Seven People" agreement organization, including Yukio Idou, Takeo Yasuhara and others. In 1964, the Japanese police set up the "Violence Suppression Countermeasures Outline" and re-designated 10 major wide-area violent groups (Toka Tokyo Sumiyoshi Kai, Tokyo Nihon Kokumon Kai, Tokyo Tosei Kai, Kawasaki Nippon Righteous Party, Tokyo Hokusei Kai 5 organization), and then launched the first nationwide "Operation Top" operation to ban a violent gang. In this operation, the Yamaguchi-gumi was listed as the primary target of concentrated suppression. In June 1966, a series of banning operations of the "Yamaguchi-gumi Destruction Operation" officially began.

In 1971, the Yamaguchi-gumi had developed 478 related organizations and 10,508 members in Japan; in the same year, the Japanese police launched the second nationwide "Operation Top" campaign to ban sexual violence groups. In 1975, the Yamaguchi-gumi and Matsuda-gumi clashed in the "Osaka War"; the Japanese police took the opportunity to promote the third nationwide "Operation Top" campaign to ban violent gangs. On July 11, 1978, the third generation leader Kazuo Oka was shot and injured by "Kiyoshi Narumi", a member of the Matsuda-gu Dainippon Justice Corps in Kyoto City. Afterwards, under pressure from all parties in the Yamaguchi-gumi, Narumi-kiyoshi was finally killed by his own family. People are put to death. In July 1981, the third generation leader "Taoka Kazuo" died of illness.

(Later faction of the Sandaime Yamaguchi-gumi)

In June 1982, "Hiroshi Yamamoto" took office as acting leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi. In the same June, "Takenaka Masahisa" Yamaguchi-gumi Wakatou was decided to take office; in the same month, the Hyogo Prefecture police began to identify Taoka Fumiko as the "Sandaime elder sister". In September 1983, at this stage, there were 25 direct team leaders supported by Yamamoto Hiroshi and 40 direct team leaders supported by Takenaka Masahisa. The immediate team leaders of the remaining 25 people are neutral.

In May 1984, Fumiko Taoka had an interview with Hiroshi Yamamoto. Taoka asked Yamamoto to let Masahisa Takenaka serve as the leader of the fourth generation team, but Hiroshi Yamamoto refused in person. At the end of May, Oda Hideuchi met Inagawa Moshijo (the president of the Inagawa Association) and asked for help in preventing Takenaka Masahisa from taking office as the fourth generation head of the Yamaguchi-gumi. Inagawa Moshijo refused to intervene in the family business issues of the fourth generation Yamaguchi-gumi.

On June 5 of the same year, at a meeting of direct leaders of the Yamaguchi-gumi, it was officially announced that "Masahisa Takenaka" was the fourth-generation successor of the Yamaguchi-gumi. However, none of the direct team leaders who supported Hiroshi Yamamoto attended the meeting.

On June 5, 1984, at the Matsumi Kai Office in Higashi-ku, Osaka City, about 20 people including Hiroshi Yamamoto and Shigemasa Kamoda held a press conference to declare their opposition to the appointment of the fourth generation head of the Yamaguchi-gumi Takenaka Masahisa. . On June 13, the "First Peace Conference" was formally established. Yamamoto Hiroshi became the president and Kamoda Shigemasa became the vice president and chairman. On the same day, Fukui Hideo, Oda Hideomi, Hirota Takeshi and others were persuaded to withdraw from the "First Peace Conference" . At this stage, the Yamaguchi group had 42 direct group leaders and a total of 4,690 members, and the Iwakai group had 34 direct group leaders and a total of 6,021 members.

The Fourth Generation

On June 21, 1984, in the hall of Tagoka Residence, Masahisa Takenaka held a cup ceremony with the direct team leaders of 23 younger brothers and 46 Wakaka. of consolidation. On the 23rd, the personnel were decided, with Nakayama Katsumasa as the head of the job, Nakanishi Kazuo as the shogunari leader, Kishimoto Saizo as the top Wakatashi assistant and head of the headquarters, Watanabe Yoshinori, Zakami Masaru, Kayo Muneki, Katsuragi Masao, Kimura Shigeo each took up the post of Wakatou assistant.

On July 10 of the same year, the naming ceremony of the fourth generation leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi was held at the "Tourist Hotel Naruto" in Naruto City, Tokushima Prefecture. The participants are: the person behind the event (guardian) is Inagawa Seijo (Inagawa-kai), the holder is Suwa Kenji (Suwa family), the recommenders are Hori Masao (Sumiyoshi Renkai), Togoe Riichi (Aizu Kotetsu Kaikai), Ohno Tsurukichi (Ohno Family), Tsujino Kahei (Imanishi Group), Matsuura Shigeaki (Matsuura Group), Hirata Katsuichi (Dainippon Peace Society), Hirai Tatsuo (Mori Kai), Kusano Gao Ming (Kudo Kai), the witness (witness) is Onaga Yoshihiro (Asahi Ryū Kai), the matchmaker (mediator) is Tsumura Kazuma (Ohno Ichi Shinkai), and the descendant is represented by Fumiko Taoka.

In August 1984, at a casino in Kushimoto Town, Wakayama Prefecture, Toshiharu Kishi, a cadre of the Yamaguchi-gumi, assassinated Susumu Shiozaki, a cadre of the First Peace Council. Because of the timing of this incident, the "Yamaichi Resistance" incident broke out After that, the power of the "First Peace Conference" declined rapidly. By the end of 1984, the number of Yamaguchi-gumi members was about 14,000, while the number of members of the First Peace Conference was only 2,800. In January 1985, the fourth generation leader was assassinated, which intensified the "Yamaichi Resistance" incident. Finally, in early 1989, a settlement was reached under the coordination between the president of the Aizu Kotetsu Kaikai and the head of the Inagawa Kai. "Ichiwa" The "Association" was forced to disintegrate on its own, and the Yondaime Yamaguchi-gumi ended.

The Fifth Generation Headquarters

(Fifth Generation Headquarters Yamaguchi-gumi)

In April 1989, "Yoshinoori Watanabe" succeeded the Fifth Generation Headquarters leader, and the Yamaguchi-gumi's sphere of influence Actively expand again. We adopted Wakatou's policy of "seeking success at home" at an early stage to avoid confrontation with the police, and rationally introduced the regional leadership system of national divisions. During the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, the Yamaguchi-gumi actively participated in private rescue missions. In August 1997, the martial arts faction's "Nakano Taro" was dissatisfied with the gang's second-ranking figure "Zakami Katsu"'s line of accepting enemies as friends and living peacefully, and sent someone to assassinate him, causing internal strife between the two factions. The fighting also disrupted the fifth generation team leader's original personnel layout; the Japanese police also used the Wakatou assassination incident to secretly promote the "New Top Operation" ban. At the "regular meeting" in July 2005, the Fifth Generation Team Leader was forced to announce his retirement due to his subordinate's involvement in a manslaughter case.

The Sixth Generation Headquarters

In August 2005, "Ji Nin" (real name "Shinoda Kenichi") succeeded as the leader of the Sixth Generation Headquarters, but he was also imprisoned for 6 years at the end of the same year due to his involvement in the case. , the operation of the group is temporarily handled by the "Execution Department", and "cadres" are created. At this time, the Yamaguchi-gumi was still actively involved in the power territory of Kanto, absorbing the National Essence Society active in Tokyo to fight against the two major forces in Kanto, the Sumiyoshi Society and the Inagawa Society. In October 2008, a large number of direct team leaders of the Yamaguchi-gumi were punished. A total of 2 people were "insulated", 6 people were "expelled", and 3 people were "cautious". Those punished accounted for 10% of the direct team leaders of the Yamaguchi-gumi. .

Historical team leaders

The first generation (1915-1925): Haruyoshi Yamaguchi

The second generation (1925-1942): Noboru Yamaguchi (Haruyoshi's Eldest son)

Third generation (1946-1981): Kazuo Taoka (leader of the Taoka group)

Agent (1982-1984): Hiroshi Yamamoto Team leader)

Fourth generation (1984-1985): Takenaka Masahisa (Takenaka team leader)

Agent (1985-1989): Nakanishi Kazuo (Nakanishi team) Team leader)

The 5th generation (1989~2005): Watanabe Yoshinori (the 2nd generation Takeyama team leader)

The 6th generation (2005~): Shinobu ( Leader of the Hirota Group, President of the 2nd generation Kodokai)

The Wakatou of the past

The 2nd generation (~1938): Kazuo Ohcho (called "Wakatou")

The 2nd generation (~1942): Sumita Hisashi

The 3rd generation (1946~1955): Yamada Kuichi

The 3rd generation (1955~1968) ): Yukio Idou (leader of the underground team)

3rd generation (1968-1971): Kajiwara Kiyharu (leader of Kajiwara team)

3rd generation (1971-1982) ): Kenichi Yamamoto (leader of the Yamamoto group)

3rd generation (1982-1984): Masahisa Takenaka (leader of the Takenaka group)

4th generation (1984-1985) ): Nakayama Katsumasa (President of the Hoyoukai Association)

The 4th generation (1985-1989): Watanabe Yoshinori (the second generation Meyama Kengumi leader)

The 5th generation (1989 ~ 1997): Zakumi Masaru (leader of the Zakumi team)

5th generation (2005 ~ 2005): Shinobu (first generation president of Kodokai, second generation president of Kodokai, Leader of the Hirota Group)

Sixth generation (2005~): Takayama Kiyoshi (Second generation president of the Hiroda Association)

Italy

Camorra ) is a mafia-like secret society that originated in the Campania region and the city of Naples in Italy. It raises funds through drug dealing and extortion. Its activities have led to a high murder rate in the areas it controls. This is Italy's oldest organized crime group.

The word comes from capo (boss) and morra (a kind of street gambling in Naples)

Camorristi in Naples, 1906 The economy of Naples, Caserta and other cities was influenced by Camorristi The impact is considerable.

Taiwan

The Bamboo Union Gang is a well-known and internationally renowned organized underworld group in Taiwan, with its main base in Taipei, Taiwan. The main activities are in the north of central Taiwan, with the entire island from north to south, as well as overseas locations in China, the United States, Europe, and Australia. The main core members are about 20,000, which is generally believed to include associate members and relationship partners. The total number of members is said to be as high as 100,000.

Together with the Sihai Gang and the Tiandao League, it is also known as the three major gangs in Taiwan.

Hong Kong

Founded by Xiang Xiang in 1919, Sun Ngee On is the largest triad criminal organization in Hong Kong, with an estimated membership of about 25,000 people. In addition to Hong Kong, Sun Ngee On Believes is active in the United Kingdom, Belgium, France and the Netherlands, as well as in Guangdong Province, China.

Malaysia

Hua Kee, a Malaysian clandestine party and underworld organization, commonly known as the "Four Holes" is said to have evolved from the early Yee Hing Company or Haishan Company. There is another version of Fa Hua Kee. Originally from the China Youth Gang. When it originated, there is no information available. There are close ties with Hong Kong's triads. Famous factions include Shibazai, Xiaohuaji and Silongzai.