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Mobsters in Japan hit the books to beat new laws (suing Yakuza boss to ruin)
ELIZABETH JACKSON: ^ | 09/12/09

Posted on 09/13/2009 7:35:55 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Mobsters in Japan hit the books to beat new laws

ELIZABETH JACKSON: They're members of the biggest, meanest organised crime group in Japan. But these tattooed gangsters are being sent back to school by their godfathers.

Under new laws, mob bosses can be sued for the misdeeds of their underlings. So the leaders of the feared Yamaguchi-gumi have begun testing their mobsters' knowledge of the laws.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: japan; suit; yakuza

1 posted on 09/13/2009 7:35:56 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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2 posted on 09/13/2009 7:36:28 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)
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