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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

MPD to create special unit to crack down on money laundering

The Metropolitan Police Department building in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

The Metropolitan Police Department will establish the nation's first "criminal proceeds control section" specializing in cases of money laundering as part of its reorganization next fiscal year, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

The MPD aims to increase its resources to analyze and expose money laundering, which is becoming increasingly complex and sophisticated.

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