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From crime lords, to drug king pins, Cartels, criminals, gangs, serial killers, and ever day psychos, World on Drugs with Steve Furey deep dives into subjects and people other wont. We analyze it through the lens of comedy, to try and see how and why these people/event went down the wrong road. So come join me, Steve Furey and my funny friends to learn about some of the people who stay in the shadows.
OH BOY! we got another banger on our hands folks. We go deeeeeeep in the ass of the Yakuza, the leading Japanese criminal organization. Not to mention, i had the please of chatting it up with comic and dear friend Nick Aragon. Nick is one of my favorite people and comics, and i think our friendship comes out very clear in the episode! so sit back, and enjoy babY!
References
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/04/03/national/crime-legal/yakuza-group-membership-falls-15th-straight-year/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42646381
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-12/tattoos-lead-thai-police-to-arrest-japanese-gang-member/9322240
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6341253.stm
https://www.britannica.com/topic/yakuza
https://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1034&context=annlsurvey
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4009169/
https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/15/asia/yakuza-yamaguchi-gumi-explainer/index.html
https://apnews.com/article/d3852d5ca3b0df871486525b05b1d5bd
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1994/03/02/murder-of-executive-shakes-japan-inc/9df4682c-f825-4d9b-93c6-9b893e336c85/
https://www.japanvisitor.com/japanese-culture/yamaguchi-gumi
https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/17/asia/japan-yakuza-boss-found-dead
https://www.tokyoezine.com/2011/03/27/yamaguchi-gumi-the-past-and-the-present-of-yakuza/
https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1984/9/3/japans-brazen-mobsters
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6161 ratings
From crime lords, to drug king pins, Cartels, criminals, gangs, serial killers, and ever day psychos, World on Drugs with Steve Furey deep dives into subjects and people other wont. We analyze it through the lens of comedy, to try and see how and why these people/event went down the wrong road. So come join me, Steve Furey and my funny friends to learn about some of the people who stay in the shadows.
OH BOY! we got another banger on our hands folks. We go deeeeeeep in the ass of the Yakuza, the leading Japanese criminal organization. Not to mention, i had the please of chatting it up with comic and dear friend Nick Aragon. Nick is one of my favorite people and comics, and i think our friendship comes out very clear in the episode! so sit back, and enjoy babY!
References
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/04/03/national/crime-legal/yakuza-group-membership-falls-15th-straight-year/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42646381
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-12/tattoos-lead-thai-police-to-arrest-japanese-gang-member/9322240
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6341253.stm
https://www.britannica.com/topic/yakuza
https://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1034&context=annlsurvey
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4009169/
https://www.cnn.com/2015/09/15/asia/yakuza-yamaguchi-gumi-explainer/index.html
https://apnews.com/article/d3852d5ca3b0df871486525b05b1d5bd
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1994/03/02/murder-of-executive-shakes-japan-inc/9df4682c-f825-4d9b-93c6-9b893e336c85/
https://www.japanvisitor.com/japanese-culture/yamaguchi-gumi
https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/17/asia/japan-yakuza-boss-found-dead
https://www.tokyoezine.com/2011/03/27/yamaguchi-gumi-the-past-and-the-present-of-yakuza/
https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1984/9/3/japans-brazen-mobsters
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