U.S. President Donald Trump's administration had a Republicans-only briefing about strikes on alleged drug vessels near Venezuela, which a Democratic senator called a dangerous trend of partisanship in national security. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/politics/democrats-us-briefing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #democrats #republicans #us #venezuela #drugs #gangs
While the U.S. military blows up boats it claims are transporting drugs from Venezuela, tankers shipping Venezuelan oil in violation of a U.S. embargo continue to navigate the very same Caribbean waters undisturbed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/venezuela-us-oil-violations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #venezuela #oil #us #drugs #gangs #donaldtrump
U.S. President Donald Trump has been meddling in Latin America in ways harkening back to an earlier era in U.S. history. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/trump-latin-america-interventionist/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #venezuela #gangs #drugs
Families lined up at a morgue in Rio de Janeiro to identify relatives killed in Brazil's deadliest ever police raids, and funerals began to take place for four police officers who died taking part in the operation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/brazil-morgue-police-deaths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #brazil #drugs #gangs #riodejaneiro
Bodies piled up in poor neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday as police launched their biggest ever raids on the city's drug traffickers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/world/crime-legal/rio-neighborhood-drug-raids/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #brazil #drugs #gangs
Rather than hurting Latin America's drug trade, U.S. strikes on vessels Washington claims are ferrying drugs to American soil might be benefiting drug lords by causing a supply crunch. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/world/crime-legal/us-drug-strikes-explainer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #us #donaldtrump #venezuela #colombia #drugs #gangs #trade
U.S. President Donald Trump said "the land is going to be next” in his campaign to stop the flow of drugs into the country from Venezuela. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/world/trump-venezuela-land-strikes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #venezuela #drugs #gangs #donaldtrump #nicolasmaduro
For three decades, Mako Nishimura was one of Japan's few female yakuza. These days, she helps other retired gangsters reintegrate into society. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/21/japan/society/yakuza-woman-redemption/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #yakuza #gangs #japanesepolice #gifu #drugs
Sixty-four South Koreans who had been detained in Cambodia for alleged involvement in cyberscam operations returned home Saturday and were under arrest, a police official said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/18/asia-pacific/crime-legal/south-korea-cambodia-scam-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #southkorea #cambodia #fraud #gangs
As tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela escalate, a U.S. military strike on a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean has left survivors, a U.S. official has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/17/world/us-drug-vessel-strike-survivors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #venezuela #drugs #gangs
Eighty South Koreans who were possible victims of fake jobs or scam centers were unaccounted for in Cambodia, South Korea's foreign ministry said, after the torture death of a student there shocked the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/14/asia-pacific/crime-legal/south-korea-cambodia-scam-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #southkorea #cambodia #fraud #gangs
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has declared a state of "armed conflict” with Latin American drug cartels, further justifying recent strikes against alleged drug-runners from Venezuela. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/world/us-venezuela-drug-cartel-conflict/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #venezuela #drugs #gangs
Amid the rapid rise in Okinawa's youths abusing what's known as "laughing gas vape", the health ministry formally designated a substance found inside the drug called etomidate as a prohibited substance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/22/japan/okinawa-youth-drug-abuse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #drugs #japanesepolice #gangs #organizedcrime
The U.S. under President Donald Trump is crafting a confrontational approach toward Latin America that signals a willingness to use military force against drug cartels. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/09/world/politics/trump-military-drug-cartels/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #latinamerica #us #donaldtrump #drugs #gangs #usmilitary
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CBC spent months collecting and analyzing clues in social media posts to locate and identify the exact parks and gyms where members of Nationalist-13 (also known as NS13) and Second Sons trained, and confirmed them by visiting locations in person. CBC discovered these groups were often training in gyms or martial arts studios that also cater to children and a diverse clientele.
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https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/fascist-fight-club
CBC spent months collecting and analyzing clues in social media posts to locate and identify the exact parks and gyms where members of Nationalist-13 (also known as NS13) and Second Sons trained, and confirmed them by visiting locations in person. CBC discovered these groups were often training in gyms or martial arts studios that also cater to children and a diverse clientele.
#Canada #extremism #whitesupremacy#Nazis #racism #martialarts #gangs #fascism #neonazis
https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/fascist-fight-club
Public prosecutors on Tuesday sought a 23-year prison term for a senior member of the Philippines-based "Luffy" Japanese crime ring that allegedly masterminded a series of robbery and fraud cases across Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/japan/crime-legal/luffy-sentence-request/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #philippines #japanesecourts #fraud #gangs #socialmedia
The Osaka Prefectural Police department is cracking down on a crime ring for allegedly forcing about 130 underage girls into prostitution around the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/12/japan/crime-legal/osaka-police-underage-prostitution-crack-down/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #osaka #sexcrimes #prostitution #gangs