Elderly Yakuza gang member nabbed in Lopburi

 

 

Thai police have arrested 74 year old Japanese man who is suspected of being a key member of Japan’s notorious Yakuza organised crime syndicate.

 

Shigeharu Shirai was arrested on Wednesday at a property in Lopburi province.

 

Police say Shirai is wanted in connection with the murder of a rival gangster in the town of Takasucho in Tsu City in July of 2003.

 

Police believe Shirai, who has been charged with overstaying his visa, has been hiding out in Thailand for the last 13 years and is expected to be extradited to Japan.

 

Pictures released by Thai police showed Shirai revealing his Yakuza tattoos which covered his torso and arms.

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-01-11

He was easily spotted because he still hasn't removed those bandages after cutting his fingers off in 1950.

The BG's are jealous of him with all of them tramp stamps.

According to NHK news he was caught because of a facebook picture showing his location.

 

555

58 minutes ago, greatwhitenorth said:

According to NHK news he was caught because of a facebook picture showing his location.

 

555

Yup, the irresistible lure of posting on social media will eventually be the downfall of all these allegedly "secret" crime organizations.

3 minutes ago, Misterwhisper said:

Yup, the irresistible lure of posting on social media will eventually be the downfall of all these allegedly "secret" crime organizations.

I would be surprised if all crime organisations were bought down by one person posting his photo on facebook .

They wanted a fellow yakuza witness to point at him, but unfortunately, he had no finger left

22 minutes ago, sanemax said:

I would be surprised if all crime organisations were bought down by one person posting his photo on facebook .

And it will cost him..... exactly one finger

Too old to sport a punch perm?

Fugitive yakuza gang leader arrested in Lopburi

By Thai PBS

 

 

An aged leader of Japan’s yakuza organisation who fled Japan after killing his deputy in 2003, was arrested in Thailand’s Lopburi province yesterday(Jan 10). 

 

He was identified as Shigeharu Shirai.

 

According to Lopburi provincial police, the arrest of the Japanese yakuza gang leader was a cooperation between the Immigration Bureau and the Japanese Interpol in Tokyo after over a decade of investigation and hunting.

 

He was apprehended near Sarn Look Sorn shrine in the public park in Lopburi town.

 

Full story:  http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/fugitive-yakuza-gang-leader-arrested-lopburi/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2018-01-11

Viral tattoo photos lead Thai police to arrest fugitive yakuza after 15 years in hiding

By Coconuts Bangkok 

 

Photo: Facebook

 

A yakuza member suspected of murder, who had been in hiding for 15 years, was arrested yesterday in central Lopburi province, after photos of his intricate, full-body tattoos went viral in Thai social media.

 

Shineharu Shirai, 74, was nabbed by combined Interpol, local and immigration police forces in the rural province yesterday while he was out to buy food. Local media reported that Shirai is a suspected upper member of Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan’s largest yakuza organization, and has been hiding in Thailand since 2005.

 

Full story:  https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/viral-tattoo-photos-lead-thai-police-arrest-fugitive-yakuza-15-years-hiding/

 

-- © Copyright Coconuts Bangkok 2018-01-11

Never take your shirt off. Too late.

old age - Dementia? - made him forget he is a marked man

from yakuza boss to heaving sacks in the local rice mill.... thought the boys back home would’ve looked after him better than that


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Ex-Yakuza crime boss hiding in Thailand fingered after tattoo photos appear on Facebook

By THE NATION

 

 

A FORMER “Yakuza” crime boss who is involved in a murder case in his country and laid low in Thailand for the past 13 years was arrested in Lop Buri province after photos were posted on Facebook showing his body covered in tattoos.

 

A Facebook user who himself has colourful tattoos all over his body, posted photos of Shigeharu Shirai, 72 in August last year and wrote: “When I grow old, I want to be like him. He is my idol.”

 

The photos were shared more than 10,000 times online and were believed to have caught the attention of Japanese police, who asked Thai authorities to move in.

 

 

Thai police spokesman Pol General Wirachai Songmetta told a press conference yesterday that Pol Colonel Keisuke Hosaka, first secretary and police senior liaison officer of the Embassy of Japan in Bangkok met Thai national police chief Pol General Chakthip Chaijinda on December 21 last year.

 

Hosaka asked Thai police to help locate Shirai, who he described as being a senior member of a faction of Japan’s largest “Yakuza” gang, Yamaguchi-Gumi gang. 

 

 

He was alleged to have been involved in killing the boss of his rival faction by shooting him in the head in 2003. 

 

Seven other accomplices to the crime were subsequently arrested and convicted. The Japanese officials told Chakthip in December that they had information that he had entered Thailand in 2005.

 

 

Wirachai said the suspect, who was arrested while he was on a walk in a park, admitted that he was the leader of the Yakuza sub-gang “Kodokai”. 

 

“The suspect has not confessed to murder but has admitted that the victim used to bully him,” the spokesman said.

Following the request from the Japanese police, Thai police started tracking the suspect and found that he entered Thailand in 2005.

 

An investigation led police to a man with a similar identity who was married to a Thai woman identified only as “Arisara”. He earned an income working as a general worker, such as a painter. However, his marriage ended as he and his wife had frequent quarrels, the police spokesman said.

 

 

Tawatchai Jenakom, owner of a rice storage facility, said the suspect used to ask him for a job after his wife chased him out of the house. 

 

Tawatchai described the former crime boss as having a bruised face after fighting with his wife. 

 

Wirachai said the suspect had spent a quiet life in a bid to avoid being noticed and having his secretive past life revealed. Wirachai said police will invite Arisara for questioning.

 

According to the spokesman, Shigeharu’s friends would visit him about three times a year and give him money, about Bt10,000 each time. Police will expand their investigation to know about his friends and whether they were involved in any crimes in Thailand.

 

 

Thai police have charged the suspect with illegal entry, staying without permission and failing to notify authorities of his residence.

 

Wirachai said police will check whether Shigeharu committed any crimes in Thailand. If he did, he would be tried here first before being deported to his home country.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30336051

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-01-12

Also charge him for not having a TM 30, bloody rogue!!

It never ceases to amaze how these criminals that are known to police get into this country.

Filthy scum like all these so called gang members Hells  Angels, Yazuka, Krays etc etc all strangely idolised by many morons.

He has got "guilty" written all over him.

Or, was he auditioning for Prison Break? 

Edited January 12, 20188 yr by TConthePC

1 hour ago, rodney earl said:

It never ceases to amaze how these criminals that are known to police get into this country.

Thro Airport mate or borders simple...???u shouldn't ask such a question or r u trying to be clever?

I love stories where criminals get caught due to facebook, though don't most Thai guys in the 40 year age range have about the same tattoos? 

Yeah, these 70+ y/o retired bad guys on Facebook are elusive targets.  Good job BiB! 

Typical NY Yankees fan.

Weed them out, i'm sure theres a lot more here to be found

That flowery waistcoat must have been distinguishable surely ?