Crime syndicate members in Japan fall to record low in 2017 english.kyodonews.net

The number of crime syndicate members in Japan fell to a record-low 34,500 in 2017, down for the 13th straight year, on the back of stronger police crackdowns, national police data showed Thursday.

The figure dropped about 4,600 from a year earlier to the lowest level since comparable data became available in 1958.