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Yakuza arrested for sending workers to Fukushima

The network, according to police, would have received at least 10 million yen ($ 88,500) for recruiting people to work in Fukushima. It is investigating if the money went to the coffers of the yakuza

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Image from 2015 “Japan’s Nuclear Gypsies: The Homeless, Jobless and Fukushima” Source link for image; https://intpolicydigest.org/2015/08/21/japan-s-nuclear-gypsies-the-homeless-jobless-and-fukushima/

Article source Translated from Spanish; https://internationalpress.jp/2017/09/28/yakuza-arrestado-enviar-trabajadores-fukushima/

09/28/2017

Between February 2015 and April 2016, three men, including a yakuza, received at least 160,000 yen ($ 1,400) commission for sending two people to companies performing decontamination work in Fukushima.

The three men, who were acting without authorization from the Ministry of Labor, were arrested by Tokyo police, Tokyo Reporter reported.

The mafioso, Hidenobu Maruta (48), is head of a band affiliated with Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan’s largest criminal organization.

The two workers who sent the prefecture struck by the nuclear disaster were not the only ones.

The network, according to police, would have received at least 10 million yen ($ 88,500) for recruiting people to work in Fukushima. It is investigating if the money went to the coffers of the yakuza band. (International Press)

September 28, 2017 - Posted by | Uncategorized

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