## (3) Examples of receipt of criminal proceeds by members of the Boryokudan

Of cases cleared for receipt of criminal proceeds, etc., by members of the Boryokudan in 2008, there were 7 cases of opening a gambling place for profit and habitual gambling, 4 cases of fraud, 3 cases in violation of Anti-Prostitution Law, 2 cases of distribution of obscene material, 2 cases of black market finance, 1 case of blackmail, 1 case of corporate fund embezzlement, and 1 case in violation of the Horse Racing Law, Bicycle Racing Law, and Motorboat Racing Law.

Examples of the types of receipt of criminal proceeds include,

• A case of receiving so-called Mikajimeryo (protection money) from owners of establishments of baccarat gambling using playing cards.

• A case of receiving referral fees from a fraud group using the credit guarantee system intended for small to medium size businesses in financial institutions (Case 8).

• A case of receipt of criminal proceeds by handing over cash from Mikajimeryo (protection money) from the black market finance companies which run store-less black market finance (so-called 090 finance).

These show that the Boryokudan receives criminal proceeds by collecting money under the name of Mikajimeryo or a referral fee.

## 【Case 8】(Receipt of Criminal Proceeds related to cases of fraud using the credit guarantee system intended for small to medium size businesses)

An executive member of the Boryokudan affiliated with Inagawa-Kai, introduced corporations as recipients of financial loans to a fraud group which obtains money from finance institutions under the pretense of establishing a business fund for the corporations, using the credit guarantee system intended for small to medium size businesses. The member then took part of the money from the fraud group, which had received money for the corporations from the financial institutions using the credit guarantee system, and made the corporations deposit some of criminal proceeds in an account under his own name. He was arrested for violation of Act on the Punishment of Organized Crime (charged with receipt of criminal proceeds, etc.).

(January, Kanagawa Pref. Police)

## 4 Money Laundering committed by Foreign Visitors to Japan

Of cases cleared for money laundering under the Act on the Punishment of Organized Crime in 2008, there were 8 cases involving foreign visitors to Japan (1 more than the previous year), representing 4.6% of all cases. In type of money laundering, these cases included 6 cases of concealment of criminal proceeds (1 less than the previous year), and 2 cases for receipt of criminal proceeds (2 more than the previous year). In types of predicate offences of money laundering involving foreign visitors to Japan, there were 3 cases of theft, 2 cases of credit card fraud, and 1 case each of forgery of an official document with signature or seal and violation of the Trademark Law and Pharmaceutical Law. One case cleared by the Metropolitan Police, Aichi, Shizuoka, Hokkaido, and Miyagi Prefectural Police involved legal residents in collusion with Chinese brokers secretly engaging in activities in Japan. The suspects sold conterfeit foreign resident's registration cards to Chinese illegal immigrants and illegal residents in Japan, and deposited a large sum of criminal proceeds into an account under the name of another person (Case 9). Money laundering was carefully conducted by sending and receiving money between accounts under the names of other persons.