An assistant inspector in Fukuoka has been arrested after it was revealed that he received cash from an organized crime gang in exchange for information on the progress of investigations.
According to Fukuoka prefectural police, the officer, who has been named as 49-year-old Toshio Nakamura, is believed to have advised the Kudo-kai, the largest yakuza group in the Kitakyushu area, how to avoid criminal charges in relation to threats and blackmail, NTV reported. In exchange for his services, Nakamura allegedly received 100,000 yen. The two yakuza members who handed over the cash to Nakamura have also been arrested for bribery, police were quoted as saying by NTV.
During police questioning, Nakamura reportedly confessed to accepting 200,000 yen in cash in exchange for warning yakuza members about forthcoming police raids of their premises. Nakamura told investigators that he was heavily in debt, NTV reported.
© Japan Today
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ExportExpert
So they have only found one cop accepting bribes, i say look harder they will be everywhere you look.
Disillusioned
Seriously, stories about J-Cops appear more often in the crime section than any other demographic of Japanese society.
Virtuoso
Before heading off to prison Nakamura should be made to sever his pinky in apology. Then he'll fit right in with the rest of the convict population.
lucabrasi
I thought the cops announced raids like that at press conferences, weeks in advance.
Tom Webb
So the yakuza undercover spy was caught, I wander how many more there are in the police force?
Nessie
Why is Fukuoka such a hotbed of gangsterism?
smithinjapan
Disillusioned: "Seriously, stories about J-Cops appear more often in the crime section than any other demographic of Japanese society."
I'm STILL waiting for the combined section, but it seems it just won't happen. :)
timeon
Nessie, it's Kita-Kyushu, and I guess they have the most numerous and the craziest yakuza in there. I have no idea about the reason. My in-laws live there, and when visit them sometimes there's a different Japan(at least at night). Pistols are for small kids, grenades are a local favorite, and recently they found a rocket launcher in a guy's house.
Balefire
Not only a dirty cop, but a cheap dirty cop.
CrazyJoe
Politicians, J-Police and the Yakuza are all the same without their badges. They all scrounge for your money.
yourock
I live in Kitakyushu. There's been a 'war' going on between the cops and the yakuza, plenty of arrests, and incidents. What started it was the shooting of a retired cop by the yakuza about 5-6 months ago. Unmarked cop cars everywhere, it is fair to say the cops are fighting back. And now they find one of their own has betrayed them, I'm not that surprised if the guy has gambling debts(speculation).
kaminarioyaji
Fukuoka prefecture has the highest rate of Yakuza related violent crime in all Japan apparently; and now you know why. Instead of apprehending these criminals, certain members of the Fukuoka constabulary are aiding and abetting them.
A slow round of applause for Japan's finest (again).
wontond
This particular J-cop seems very cheap. There's got to be higher placed J-cops getting much more.
Skeeter27
A cop actually told me to pay him 10,000 before and when I refused he said If I did not then I would be in trouble... I kindly said really and held up a voice recorder.... Then asked for his sempais number and what police station he works from along with his ID.... He got pissy kicked my front tire and I drove off. I reported the case BUT never heard anything of it.... I guess that day they had bigger fish to catch like this dirt-bag !
wanderlust
According to some reports, it is usually the assistant chief of the larger police stations who is responsible for the distribution of "kuchitomeikin" or hush money through the branch. In Kanagawa and Hokkaido, it ran into billions of yen. When officers were transferred to other branches, they made sure that they too got their share....
...highly organized.