### (3) Examples of receipt of criminal proceeds etc. related to Boryokudan gangsters

In cleared cases of receipt of criminal proceeds etc. by Boryokudan gangsters in 2011, there were 11 cases of acceptance for value of stolen properties, 10 cases of distribution of obscene material etc., 5 cases of fraud, 3 cases of theft and 3 cases of habitual gambling and running a gambling place for the purpose of profit. Cases of receipt of criminal proceeds etc. included one in which a parking fine for the offender's parking violation was paid by proceeds from bucketing $ ^{*} $ committed by his subordinate gangsters (Case 10) and other cases in which money was collected on various pretexts such as protection money from illegal businesses including prostitution.

Note: Violation of each of the four laws related to public races, including the Horse Racing Act, Bicycle Racing Act, Small-Sized Motor Vehicle Racing Act, and Motorboat Racing Act

### [Case 10] Receipt of criminal proceeds etc. from bucketing

A man who heads an organization affiliated with the Rokudaime Yamaguchi-gumi left the parking ticket for his parking violation with his subordinate gangsters and had them pay 33,000 yen by the proceeds from bucketing in bicycle racing. He was arrested for violation of the Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes (receipt of criminal proceeds etc.)

(Osaka, in May)

## 4 Money Laundering conducted by Foreign Visitors to Japan

In cleared cases of money laundering under the Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes in 2011, there were 14 cases related to foreign visitors to Japan (3 more than the previous year), representing 5.8% of all cases. In each criminal type of money laundering, there were 6 cases of concealment of criminal proceeds etc. (1 less than the previous year) and 8 cases of receipt of criminal proceeds etc. (4 more than the previous year). In each type of cases of money laundering committed by foreign visitors to Japan, there were 7 cases of acceptance for value of stolen properties, 2 cases each of fraud and violation of the Trademark Act, 1 case each of prostitution, violation of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law, and marriage fraud.

In February, Kanagawa Prefectural Police Department arrested a Chinese national living in Japan for selling counterfeit branded goods on the internet auctions and having the purchasers deposit their payments into a bank account under a fictitious name (Case 11). The offender committed money laundering artfully by opening an account at a bank in Japan under a fictitious name by using a forged identification document before the crime.

## [Case 11] Concealment of criminal proceeds from sale of counterfeit branded goods by using Internet auctions committed by a Chinese national

A Chinese man who was a computer programmer sold counterfeit branded sunglasses, wallets, and other products by using internet auctions and had the purchasers deposit their payments totaling approximately 1.6 million yen into a bank account opened under a fictitious name by using a forged identification document. He was arrested for violation of the Act on Punishment of Organized Crimes (concealment of criminal proceeds etc.)

(Kanagawa, in February)