A History of the Yakuza, Japans Most Ruthless Criminal Organization

Season 1, Episode 8,   Apr 19, 2021, 09:00 PM

From crime lords, to drug king pins, Cartels, criminals, gangs, serial killers, and ever day psychos, World on Drugs with Steve Furey deep dives into subjects and people other wont. We analyze it through the lens of comedy, to try and see how and why these people/event went down the wrong road. So come join me, Steve Furey and my funny friends to learn about some of the people who stay in the shadows.

OH BOY! we got another banger on our hands folks. We go deeeeeeep in the ass of the Yakuza, the leading Japanese criminal organization. Not to mention, i had the please of chatting it up with comic and dear friend Nick Aragon. Nick is one of my favorite people and comics, and i think our friendship comes out very clear in the episode! so sit back, and enjoy babY!

References

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/04/03/national/crime-legal/yakuza-group-membership-falls-15th-straight-year/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42646381

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-12/tattoos-lead-thai-police-to-arrest-japanese-gang-member/9322240

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6341253.stm

https://www.britannica.com/topic/yakuza

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4009169/

https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/15/asia/yakuza-yamaguchi-gumi-explainer/index.html

https://apnews.com/article/d3852d5ca3b0df871486525b05b1d5bd

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