Fukuhaku-kai ( 福博 会 ) is a criminal gang in the Japanese yakuza mafia, based in Fukuoka Prefecture [1] Fukuhaku-kai has about 280 to 360 active members [2] ) and has offices in 3 different prefectures in Japan . The group’s headquarters is located in the Hakata-ku area of Fukuoka . [3]
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Condition
- 3 Territory
- 4 notes
History
Fukuhaku-kai was registered as a “designated yakuza group” under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Act in 2000 . [four]
Status
Fukuhaku-kai is one of the 5 independent “designated yakuza groups” based in Fukuoka Prefecture, the rest are Kudo-kai , Taishu-kai , Dojin-kai and Kyushu-Seido-kai . [5] These groups, located in the north of the island of Kyushu , with the exception of Kyushu-Seido-kai , formed a hostile federation of Yamaguchi-gumi , known as Yonsa-kai. Fukuhaku-kai was never a member of this association, [6] however, it had at least one conflict with Yamaguchi-gumi using firearms (in 2004 ). [7]
Territory
Fukuhaku-kai competed with 4 different branches of Yamaguchi-gumi for control of Nakasu , the largest “ red light district ” on the entire island of Kyushu, and also clashed with the dojo-kai and kudo-kai groups over the same territory. [8]
Notes
- ↑ "Police of Japan 2011, Criminal Investigation: 2. Fight Against Organized Crime" , December 2009, National Police Agency
- ↑ "Boryokudan in Fukuoka Prefecture" Archived February 10, 2015. , July 11, 2009, Nishinippon Shimbun (Japanese)
- ↑ "Boryokudan Situation in 2010" , April 2011, National Police Agency (Japanese)
- ↑ "10 years from the enforcement of the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law" Archived on September 27, 2011. March 2002, National Police Agency , (jap.)
- ↑ "Retrospection and Outlook of Crime Measure", p.15 Archived on September 27, 2011. , Masahiro Tamura, 2009, National Police Agency (Japanese)
- ↑ The Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi Complete Databook 2008 Edition : "The funeral of the Fourth Kudo-kai Honorary Adviser Hideo Mizoshita" (p.193), February 1, 2009, Mediax, ISBN 978-4-86201-358-3 (Jap. )
- ↑ "Boryokudan Situation in 2004" (p.10) , April 2005, National Police Agency (Japanese)
- ↑ "Crime Situation of Fukuoka Prefecture" (p.17) , 2006, Fukuoka Prefecture (Japanese)