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Police raid Japan's largest yakuza group over loan-sharking

KOBE, Japan - Police officers enter the headquarters of Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest yakuza group, in Kobe on Oct. 24 to search for evidence over charges related to loan-sharking activities.

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6 men held for loan-sharking leading to group suicide

OSAKA, Japan - Hiroshi Wasano is arrested and escorted to an Osaka police station on March 7. Working with five other members of a moneylender, Wasano collected illegally high interests on loans through intimidation -- eventually leading to the suicide of a man, his wife and her elder brother in the city of Yao, Osaka Prefecture, in June 2003, police said. (Kyodo)

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Police raid Japan's largest yakuza group over loan-sharking

KOBE, Japan - Police officers enter the headquarters of Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest yakuza group, in Kobe on Oct. 24 to search for evidence over charges related to loan-sharking activities. (Kyodo)