TOKYO, March 23 (Xinhua) — The variety of members and affiliate members of yakuza crime syndicates investigated by police in 2022 fell under 10,000 for the primary time since Japan enacted the anti-organized crime legislation in 1991, police knowledge confirmed Thursday.
The determine dropped to 9,903 in 2022, down 1,832 from the earlier 12 months, reflecting a drop in crime syndicate membership itself, based on the National Police Agency.
Of the investigations, 21.6 % had been associated to a suspected violation of the Stimulants Control Act, adopted by 14.4 % to fraud, 11.5 % to bodily assault and eight.6 % to theft.
Data additionally confirmed that the entire variety of people linked to yakuza teams got here to a report low of round 22,400 as of the top of final 12 months, down for the 18th consecutive 12 months.
The common age of all gang members stood at 54.2 years, up 6.8 years from a decade earlier. Those of their 20s or youthful accounted for lower than 6 %, the info confirmed.