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Names comes from the worst hand in the card game hanafu-da, 8-9-3 or ya-ku-za. The expression came to mean something wothless, and people attached it to a whole class of criminals, who adopted it as a badge of honour. | Names comes from the worst hand in the card game hanafu-da, 8-9-3 or ya-ku-za. The expression came to mean something wothless, and people attached it to a whole class of criminals, who adopted it as a badge of honour. | ||
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| + | == Important Syndicates == | ||
| + | [[Seattle Yakuza]] | ||
| + | [[San Fransisco Yakuza]] | ||
| + | [[New Orleans Yakuza]] | ||
== Key Terms == | == Key Terms == | ||
Revision as of 12:43, 27 August 2004
Organised crime syndicate. Orginating from seventeenth-century Japan
Names comes from the worst hand in the card game hanafu-da, 8-9-3 or ya-ku-za. The expression came to mean something wothless, and people attached it to a whole class of criminals, who adopted it as a badge of honour.
Important Syndicates
Seattle Yakuza San Fransisco Yakuza New Orleans Yakuza
Key Terms
