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Daimon of Okinawa Kyokuryu-kai
The Okinawa Kyokuryu-kai (沖縄旭琉会 , Okinawa Kyokuryū-kai ) is a
yakuza
criminal organization based on the
Okinawa island of
Japan .
[1] A
designated yakuza group
[1] with an estimated 300 active members,
[2] the Okinawa Kyokuryu-kai is the largest yakuza organization in
Okinawa Prefecture .
[3]
History
The Okinawa Kyokuryu-kai was formed in 1990 when it split from Okinawa's main yakuza group, the
Kyokuryu-kai . The formation was led by Kiyoshi Tominaga, who became the first president.
[4] The Okinawa Kyokuryu-kai, along with the Kyokuryu-kai, was registered as a
designated yakuza group under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law in June 1992.
[5]
Condition
Headquartered in
Naha, Okinawa , the Okinawa Kyokuryu-kai is one of the two
designated yakuza groups in
Okinawa Prefecture along with its former parent organization, the
Kyokuryu-kai .
[6] The Okinawa Kyokuryu-kai is the largest yakuza organization in
Okinawa Prefecture , followed by the second-largest
Kyokuryu-kai and the third-largest
Yoshimi-kogyo .
[3]
Activities
The Okinawa Kyokuryu-kai's official policy forbids its members from engaging in
drug trafficking .
[7]
References
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a
b
"Police of Japan 2011, Criminal Investigation : 2. Fight Against Organized Crime"
Archived August 10, 2011, at the
Wayback Machine , December 2009,
National Police Agency
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National Police Agency (in Japanese) (2020-04-02).
令和元年における組織犯罪の情勢【確定値版 (PDF) (Report). pp. 7–40. Retrieved 2020-04-29 .
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a
b
"Boryokudan condition in the prefecture"
Archived 2012-06-19 at the
Wayback Machine , October 2007, Okinawa Prefectural Conference for the Expulsion of the Boryokudan (in Japanese)
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"A phenomenon of boryokudan unification, The third Kyokuryu-kai president changes"
Archived March 19, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine , 3 July 2010,
Ryukyu Shimpo (in Japanese)
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"5 years from the enactment of the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law"
Archived 2012-03-19 at the
Wayback Machine , 1 March 1997,
Ryukyu Shimpo (in Japanese)
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"Boryokudan Situation in 2010", p.27 , April 2011,
National Police Agency (in Japanese)
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"Drug cases, The prefectural police : '40% are related to the boryokudan'"
Archived March 19, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine , 29 November 2008,
Ryukyu Shimpo (in Japanese)