And financial institutions just kept lending them money. This was not the only way the Yakuza got a foothold in the Japanese financial system. Taking advantage of this situation, Yamaguchi-gumi not only expanded its business territory but also started interacting openly with the bank s top management with the consent of the Ministry. The Yakuza themselves say that they are not the reason for the acute problems in the Japanese economy. Yakuza was just used as their tool.
Terrified lenders are afraid of pushing the issue too far.
The main difference between Japan and Sweden in this case must be that crime organizations were not able to act so openly in Sweden as in Japan. When the lenders in Sweden wanted to get their money back from their reckless lending the only problem they got was that people could not pay, not that they did not want to. Unless the structure is broken up the nation has no choice but to be doomed.