Table 2-4 Trends in the Number of Issuances of Cease and Desist Orders (2005-2009)

Category	Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
By Law	Total	2,668 (112)	2,488 (128)	2,427 (110)	2,270 (86)	2,119 (95)
Article 9	Unjust demands for donation	798 (19)	792 (36)	764 (25)	796 (20)	721 (18)
Unjust demands for subcontracting, etc.	36 (3)	21	62 (2)	16	13
Unjust demands for protection money	253 (17)	237 (24)	223 (16)	170 (14)	176 (14)
Unjust demands for bodyguard fees	391 (49)	356 (23)	369 (30)	407 (28)	333 (18)
Unjust demands for the payment of a high interest bond	32	24	35	43 (2)	49 (4)
Unjust demands for the payment of a bond	35	25	19	15 (1)	12
Unjust demands to be released from debt	89 (1)	93 (2)	86	72 (1)	87 (1)
Unjust demands for a loan, etc.	27	17 (1)	16 (1)	14 (1)	19
Unjust auction obstructions	0	1	0	0	0
Unjust interference in negotiations	1	1	2	1	2
Unjust demands for money and goods under invented pretexts	52	38 (2)	24	25 (1)	22
Other	5	13	4	7	8
Article 10	Demand for violent demanding acts	(1)	(0)	(1)	(0)	(0)
On-site assistance against violent demands	347	273	247	255	279
Article 12-2	Violent demands related to the carrying out of the business of designated Boryokudans	(1)	(1)	(1)	0	(0)
Article 12-3	Requests of associated violent demanding acts	(1)	(4)	(0)	(1)	(0)
Article 12-5	Associated violent demanding acts	22	1 (1)	2 (1)	1	1
Article 15	Order to restrict the use of a Boryokudan office	(1)	(0)	(0)	(0)	(0)
Article 16	Forceful affiliation of juveniles and preventine them from leaving	37 (1)	63 (1)	68 (9)	23 (2)	24 (2)
Forceful affiliation of members and preventing them from leaving through the threat of violence	454 (19)	449 (33)	422 (24)	366 (15)	324 (8)
Forceful affiliation of those in close contact to members and preventing them from leaving	53	44	50	34	31
Article 17	Forceful order to join Boryokudan	(0)	(0)	(0)	(0)	(0)
Article 20	Extortion by finger cutting	32	31	19	20	12
Article 24	Extortion of youth by forcing them to receive tattoos	0	1	3	2	0
Article 29	Prohibited activity in the office	4	8	12	3	6
Article 30-2	Persistent compensation claims	-	-	-	0 (3)	0 (0)
Article 30-5	Appraisal of violent act	-	-	-	(61)	(60)
By Group	Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi	1,137 (34)	1,152 (52)	1,192 (43)	918 (25)	843 (18)
Inagawa-kai	417 (22)	377 (41)	341 (25)	372 (29)	330 (24)
Sumiyoshi-kai	331 (19)	333 (9)	319 (14)	361 (9)	368 (12)
Fourth Kudo-kai	19	23 (2)	17 (2)	12 (1)	13
Third Kyokuryu-kai	15	15	10 (2)	15 (1)	4 (12)
Okinawa Kyokuryu-kai	23	18 (3)	27 (1)	22	16 (2)
Sixth Aizukotetsu-kai	25 (3)	34 (4)	10 (2)	4	17 (13)
Fifth Kyosei-kai	9	8	8	8	0
Seventh Goda-ikka	7 (1)	7 (1)	8 (1)	6 (1)	7
Fourth Kozakura-ikka	0	1	0	2	1
Third Asano-gumi	3	5	1	2	2
Dojin-kai	91 (7)	80 (6)	62 (7)	77 (5)	26 (3)
Second Shinwa-kai	2	5	2	2	1
Soai-kai	37 (6)	20 (4)	38 (6)	17 (1)	13 (1)
Third Kyodo-kai	2	4	2 (1)	7	12 (1)
Taishu-kai	8	8	22 (1)	16 (2)	20 (3)
Seventh Sakaume-gumi	0	0	3	1	4
Kyokuto-kai	50 (1)	47 (1)	28 (1)	41 (3)	61 (1)
Second Azuma-gumi	13 (1)	17	18	24	10
Matsuba-kai	73 (6)	66 (3)	68 (2)	81 (7)	79 (4)
Third Fukuhaku-kai	6	11 (1)	11	17 (1)	7 (1)
Kyushu Seido-kai	-	-	-	13 (1)	17

Note 1: The number shows the amount of cease orders issued, while those in parenthesis indicate that Article 15 for the order to restrict the use of a Boryokudan office, Article 30-2 order to prevent, Article 30-5 desist order, and others order to prevent recurrence.

### 4. Activities to Eliminate Violence

(1) Activities to Eliminate Violence by the National and Local Governments

Since measures against Boryokudan organized crime groups need to be implemented by society as a whole, the police have been trying to shift the underlying structure of “police versus Boryokudans” into that of “society versus Boryokudans” and promoting efforts to isolate Boryokudans by society as a whole by further intensifying cooperation with relevant institutions and organizations.

1) Elimination of Boryokudans from Public Works Projects and Private-Sector Construction Works

The national and local governments, in cooperation with the police, have been promoting the development of so-called guidelines for the elimination of Boryokudans, etc. in order to exclude Boryokudan-linked enterprises from contractors for public works projects, etc.