Azuma-gumi
Appearance
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The Azuma-gumi (東組) is a yakuza organisation based in Osaka, Japan.[1] The Azuma-gumi is a designatit yakuza group wi an estimatit 170 active memmers.[2]
History
[eedit | eedit soorce]The Azuma-gumi wis registered as a designatit yakuza group unner the Organisit Creeme Coontermeasurs Law in August 1993.[3]
Condition
[eedit | eedit soorce]The Azuma-gumi is ane o the twa designatit yakuza groups based in the Osaka Prefectur, alang wi the Sakaume-gumi, an maintains its heidquairters office in Nishinari, Osaka.[2]
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Preses
[eedit | eedit soorce]- 1st: Kiyoshi Azuma
- 2nt: Hiroshi Takimoto
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Police of Japan 2011, Criminal Investigation : 2. Fight Against Organized Crime" Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine, December 2009, National Police Agency
- ↑ a b "2010 Police White Paper Chapter 2 : Furtherance of Organized Crime Countermeasures", 2010, National Police Agency (in Japanese)
- ↑ "List of designated boryokudan groups under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law", 2 August 2011, The Kochi Prefectural Center for the Elimination of Violence (in Japanese)