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Gavin Blackburn

Members of Japan's Yakuza crime syndicate arrested for operating office too close to library

Members of Japan’s second-largest family within its organised crime syndicate have fallen foul of the law — but not in a way most people outside of Japan would expect.

Four members of the Sumiyoshi-kai union, part of Japan’s notorious Yakuza, were arrested in Tokyo on suspicion that they "conspired" to operate an office 90 metres from a public library.

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