Azuma-gumi
Daimon of Azuma-gumi
The Azuma-gumi (東組) is a yakuza organization based in Osaka, Japan.[1] The Azuma-gumi is a designated yakuza group with an estimated 170 active members.[2]
History
The Azuma-gumi was registered as a designated yakuza group under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law in August 1993.[3]
Condition
The Azuma-gumi is one of the two designated yakuza groups based in the Osaka Prefecture, along with the Sakaume-gumi, and maintains its headquarters office in Nishinari, Osaka.[2]
Azuma-gumi Nishinari office
Presidents
- 1st: Kiyoshi Azuma
- 2nd: Hiroshi Takimoto
References
- ↑ "Police of Japan 2011, Criminal Investigation : 2. Fight Against Organized Crime", December 2009, National Police Agency
- 1 2 "2010 Police White Paper Chapter 2 : Furtherance of Organized Crime Countermeasures", 2010, National Police Agency (Japanese)
- ↑ "List of designated boryokudan groups under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law", 2 August 2011, The Kochi Prefectural Center for the Elimination of Violence (Japanese)
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