Inagawa-kai
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Kakuji Inagawa was the first head of the Inagawa-kai Yakuza clan. It is fitting,
therefore, that Japanese cinema's closest equivalent to The Godfather,
entitled Shura no Mura (A band of Daredevils), is loosely based on
Inagawa's colourful life.
The gang is based in Yokohama.
In 1970's, both politicians and fellow Yakuza bosses accepted Inagawa's
idea that the Yakuza could be a bulwark against Communism.
recruitment of street gangs
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, Very violent. For example, on the street and outside prison, the Indian
Posse initiates a new member by other members "jumping" him or attacking
him.
Five guys will jump in a circle and the recruit has to "take [his] lickin' for a
couple minutes" and then get up - if he gets up - he receives the "rag"
which is the coloured bandana identifying the gang.
Recruitment is "aggressively sought"; there is a lot of pressure to join the
gang and to receive a tattoo with the letters: "IP."
Frederico Del Peschio
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was a drug trafficker and member of the Rizzuto crime family. He was also
associated with the Caruana-Cuntrera family in Venezuela.
Tu Yueh-shen
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Tu Yueh-sheng or Du Yuesheng, better known as "Big-Eared Tu", was the
leader of the Green Gang and kingpin of Triad crime in Shanghai. He used
his opium smuggling network against Mao's Communist forces and
supported the Chinese Nationalist Army.
What did Charlie Lucky Luciano do?
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, In 1933 he created a governing Mafia Commission in the U.S.
United States and Canada were divided into 24 separate regions, each of
which would be under the jurisdiction of a particular Mafia family.
The legend of the triads
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According to the Triad's own account of their origin, the monks of Shaolin
monastery played a prominent role in the resistance.
The Qing Emperor sent troops to destroy the monks and burn down the
monastery. However, 18 monks managed to escape, five of whom were
able to make their way to a hidden sanctuary and form the Heaven and
Earth Society.
The society never named itself as a Triangle or Triad. Dr. William Milne of
Malacca, a missionary, in 1821 coined the term Triad.
As there is no Chinese word for secret societies, Chinese writers historically
referred to them as sects: jiaomen and political associations: huidang.
What was the significance of Montreal?
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Quebec's cultural, commercial, and linguistic ties to France, the
subservience of the Mafia in the province to the American Cosa Nostra, as
well as Montreal's inviting seaports and close proximity to New York, made
the city a major entry point for heroin being shipped into North America.
Irezumi
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Extensive tattooing that often covers the body of a Yakuza's member from
necks to ankles.
Though not obligatory, tattooing indicates the ability to withstand pain and
commitment to the Yakuza life - they make it difficult to integrate back into
conventional society.
Dragons and koi fish often appear in Yakuza tattoos as symbols of wealth
and prosperity. Samurai warriors represent honour and a moral code, while
geisha stand as symbols of fertility, good fortune and tradition. Other
traditional Japanese designs that feature in Yakuza tattoos are lotus flowers
and cherry blossoms and tigers.
Daniel Desrochers
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He was critically injured on August 9, 1995, at the age of 11,
when a car bomb was set off outside a biker hangout in Hochelaga-
Maisonneuve.
The boy died four days later.
Noboru Takeshita
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Kakuji Inagawa was the first head of the Inagawa-kai Yakuza clan. It is fitting,
therefore, that Japanese cinema's closest equivalent to The Godfather,
entitled Shura no Mura (A band of Daredevils), is loosely based on
Inagawa's colourful life.
The gang is based in Yokohama.
In 1970's, both politicians and fellow Yakuza bosses accepted Inagawa's
idea that the Yakuza could be a bulwark against Communism.
recruitment of street gangs
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, Very violent. For example, on the street and outside prison, the Indian
Posse initiates a new member by other members "jumping" him or attacking
him.
Five guys will jump in a circle and the recruit has to "take [his] lickin' for a
couple minutes" and then get up - if he gets up - he receives the "rag"
which is the coloured bandana identifying the gang.
Recruitment is "aggressively sought"; there is a lot of pressure to join the
gang and to receive a tattoo with the letters: "IP."
Frederico Del Peschio
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was a drug trafficker and member of the Rizzuto crime family. He was also
associated with the Caruana-Cuntrera family in Venezuela.
Tu Yueh-shen
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Tu Yueh-sheng or Du Yuesheng, better known as "Big-Eared Tu", was the
leader of the Green Gang and kingpin of Triad crime in Shanghai. He used
his opium smuggling network against Mao's Communist forces and
supported the Chinese Nationalist Army.
What did Charlie Lucky Luciano do?
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, In 1933 he created a governing Mafia Commission in the U.S.
United States and Canada were divided into 24 separate regions, each of
which would be under the jurisdiction of a particular Mafia family.
The legend of the triads
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According to the Triad's own account of their origin, the monks of Shaolin
monastery played a prominent role in the resistance.
The Qing Emperor sent troops to destroy the monks and burn down the
monastery. However, 18 monks managed to escape, five of whom were
able to make their way to a hidden sanctuary and form the Heaven and
Earth Society.
The society never named itself as a Triangle or Triad. Dr. William Milne of
Malacca, a missionary, in 1821 coined the term Triad.
As there is no Chinese word for secret societies, Chinese writers historically
referred to them as sects: jiaomen and political associations: huidang.
What was the significance of Montreal?
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Quebec's cultural, commercial, and linguistic ties to France, the
subservience of the Mafia in the province to the American Cosa Nostra, as
well as Montreal's inviting seaports and close proximity to New York, made
the city a major entry point for heroin being shipped into North America.
Irezumi
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Extensive tattooing that often covers the body of a Yakuza's member from
necks to ankles.
Though not obligatory, tattooing indicates the ability to withstand pain and
commitment to the Yakuza life - they make it difficult to integrate back into
conventional society.
Dragons and koi fish often appear in Yakuza tattoos as symbols of wealth
and prosperity. Samurai warriors represent honour and a moral code, while
geisha stand as symbols of fertility, good fortune and tradition. Other
traditional Japanese designs that feature in Yakuza tattoos are lotus flowers
and cherry blossoms and tigers.
Daniel Desrochers
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He was critically injured on August 9, 1995, at the age of 11,
when a car bomb was set off outside a biker hangout in Hochelaga-
Maisonneuve.
The boy died four days later.
Noboru Takeshita
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