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 90 active members.[2][3]

History

The Azuma-gumi was registered as a designated yakuza group under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law in August 1993.[4]

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.[3]

Azuma-gumi Nishinari office

References

  1. ↑ "Police of Japan 2011, Criminal Investigation : 2. Fight Against Organized Crime" Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine, December 2009, National Police Agency
  2. ↑ National Police Agency(in Japanese) (2020-04-02). 令和元年における組織犯罪の情勢【確定値版 (PDF) (Report). pp. 7–40. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  3. 1 2 "2010 Police White Paper Chapter 2 : Furtherance of Organized Crime Countermeasures", 2010, National Police Agency (in Japanese)
  4. ↑ "List of designated boryokudan groups under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law", 2 August 2011, The Kochi Prefectural Center for the Elimination of Violence (in Japanese)
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