Ever since 2011, things have been getting rougher and rougher for members of organized crime groups in Japan. That was when a law was passed prohibiting companies from entering into contracts with any known member.
Just plain unfair, guys.
Kinda funny but also kinda sad. It’s typically poor people who join up with organized crime and these laws just make leaving even more difficult. It’s like laws preventing addicts from getting clean needles. They don’t stop people from becoming addicted in the first place or help them recover when they do.
The Yakuza/Ace Attorney crossover we’ve all been waiting for.
iirc if youre a japanese and a known member of a yakuza. these are the things you cant do.
get a sim card. if somebody lend you their phone, they can and will be prosecuted
get an insurance.
get a house
get a job
now. these are not only things i rmb the top off my head, there may be more. and these not only affect if youre currently a yakuza member but also extended to ex member.
The article refers to the “opinion of the internet” as “just stop doing crime”
But i really would like to know how they are supposed to do that if they cannot get a job.
I can see sense to put some restrictions in place to stop known criminals from exploiting others but maybe make exceptions for if they accept counseling and support to get out, or give them a governement phone/bank account that transparently sends all data to police.
Never bar people from having a legal job… thats nauseatingly stupid
IIRC if they officially quit the organization and have record of that, it stops being a problem. Doing that, however…
Not sure what kind of record the yakuza would give except your own fingers in a box
What’s one pinky?
Nah, that’s just for messing up to a certain degree. Quitting is less of a pnky problem and more of a brain one.
What stops a criminal from “officialy quitting” and just being more subtle about it?
It always took me as strange, though strangely charming that Japanese organised crime is… well so organised that they are clearly labeled and publicly known. Down to having their own segregated baths.
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Eh, not if you’re a full, fixed employee (seishain 正社員). Legally, you just need to give two weeks. Contract workers can have a tougher time due to specific contractual obligations.
If you mean dealing with insurance, pension, etc. when one would cross a month boundary before starting the next job, then that part’s a pain, but just some paperwork, really.
Are we sure these laws weren’t made by them to discourage leaving?
Poor person joins a criminal organization because of lack of opportunities.
Government “oh yeah, we are going to limit your opportunities harder.”
Basically they have stay in the organization or leave the country.
This is kind of a driving point in Infinite Wealth, and until this I thought it was just fiction for the game.
The article mentions it. Basically, any contract after becoming a member is illegal except certain things like legal representation and medical care.
We aren’t criminals, we are aggressive entrepreneurs
