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Crime syndicate members in Japan fall to record low in 2017

Crime syndicate members in Japan fall to record low in 2017

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.