Thai police arrest alleged Yakuza member

BANGKOK, Thailand: Thai police arrested a Japanese man suspected of being a member of a Yakuza criminal gang after being tipped off by Japanese police, an official said Friday.

Minoru Nagasima, 39, was arrested Wednesday when police stopped him in Aranyaprathet, 200 kilometers (120 miles) east of Bangkok, as he tried to cross the border into Cambodia, said Lt. Gen. Suwat Tumrongsiskul, chief of Thailand's police Immigration Bureau.

The arrest was made after Japanese authorities revoked Nagasima's Japanese passport and notified Thai police that he is a suspected Yakuza member allegedly involved in drug trafficking while in Japan.

Suwat said the suspect would be deported to Japan to face charges there.

"He is a member of a criminal group and we suspect that he has been planning to open an illegal casino here,'' Suwat said at a news conference where the suspect was shown to the press.

He added that police found evidence, including playing cards and gambling chips, in Nagasima's apartment.

Nagasima had parts of two fingers missing, a common trait among Yakuza members, who are often forced to slice off parts of their own digits for disobedience or failing to properly carry out their criminal tasks.

Suwat said Nagasima was punished in such a way for embezzlement.

- Associated Press

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Japanese gangster arrested at border

A 38-year-old Japanese gangster has been arrested in central Thailand for alleged drug dealing, authorities said Friday. Pol Lt Gen Suwat Tumrongsiskul, chief of the Thai Immigration Bureau, told a press conference that immigration police detained Minoru Nagashima on a Japanese arrest warrant. Nagashima will be handed over to Japanese authorities next Tuesday, he said. Nagashima was arrested Wednesday in Aranyaprathet district, Sa Kaew province, near the Cambodian border, while applying for a visa extension, he said.

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Nagasima had parts of two fingers missing, a common trait among Yakuza members, who are often forced to slice off parts of their own digits for disobedience or failing to properly carry out their criminal tasks.

Suwat said Nagasima was punished in such a way for embezzlement.

- Associated Press

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I guess when you add things up, he came up a little short

Nagasima had parts of two fingers missing, a common trait among Yakuza members, who are often forced to slice off parts of their own digits for disobedience or failing to properly carry out their criminal tasks.

Suwat said Nagasima was punished in such a way for embezzlement.

- Associated Press

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I guess when you add things up, he came up a little short

Aparently he's going to lose more digits.

Aparently he's going to lose more digits.

Minoru Nagasima, 39, is now known as lefty to his friends

His arrest cut short a promising career as a concert pianist.

wonder who fingered him?......sumimasendeshta, gomen

Aparently he's going to lose more digits.

Minoru Nagasima, 39, is now known as lefty to his friends

Hate to think what happens when you run out of fingers - AND get caught diddling the big bosses daughter (dripping candle wax on her or whatever those Japanese guys like to do). I guess you lose another 'digit' ..

I see yakuza here all the time (usually around the Japanese zone near Silom and the bigger hotels in the area). I wonder what was so special about this guy that the Japanese police asked the Thais to nab him?

BANGKOK: Thai immigration police have arrested a senior member of an influential Japanese "yakuza" gang who was attempting to set up an illegal gambling den here, police said yesterday.

Ninoru Nagashima was arrested at an eastern border checkpoint last Wednesday as he was about to cross over into Cambodia on a visa run.

The Japanese embassy in Bangkok asked Thai police to arrest the 39-year-old after his passport was cancelled because of involvement in drug trafficking between China and Japan, police said.

- Brunei Times

Edited January 20, 200719 yr by sriracha john

..Well if had of succeded in getting his casino of the ground i doubt he would of been dealing the cards

..Well if had of succeded in getting his casino of the ground i doubt he would of been dealing the cards

I know it's so cheesey isn't it. It's always cheesey..The Thai police arrested a 'senior' Yakuza figure suspected of opening an illegal casino. They found cards and poker chips in his hotel room..

Come on..

The Japanese police already know who all the senior members are and what they do, plus where they live, right there in Japan.

The trouble is:

1. proving what they know legally, and

2. doing anything about it without having members of their family assassinated.

I still wonder why they would have requested any action by the Thai government for this particular gangster. It sounds like they must have some particularly big grudge against him or perhaps they have found some particularly solid piece of evidence to trap him.

The Japanese police already know who all the senior members are and what they do, plus where they live, right there in Japan.

The trouble is:

1. proving what they know legally, and

2. doing anything about it without having members of their family assassinated.

I still wonder why they would have requested any action by the Thai government for this particular gangster. It sounds like they must have some particularly big grudge against him or perhaps they have found some particularly solid piece of evidence to trap him.

Easy. He fell out of favor. "senior" yakuza never get caught unless they piss off someone really high up or ###### the food chain up.

The Japanese police already know who all the senior members are and what they do, plus where they live, right there in Japan.

The trouble is:

1. proving what they know legally, and

2. doing anything about it without having members of their family assassinated.

I still wonder why they would have requested any action by the Thai government for this particular gangster. It sounds like they must have some particularly big grudge against him or perhaps they have found some particularly solid piece of evidence to trap him.

They are here to do business with the Thai mafia. This is a wide interest group; police; military; politicians and even government. Only a conflict of business will lead to an arrest.

A Japanese gangster Ninoru Nagasima speaks in presence of the media following his arrest at an immigration department in Bangkok, 19 January 2006.

Thai immigration police have arrested the senior member of an influential Japanese yaguza gang at a Thailand's eastern border checkpoint, on the request of the Japanese embassy.

Source: The Manager - 22 January 2007

In addition to the aforementioned distinctive fondness for lopping off digits, the Yakuza tend to sport very distinctive tattoos...

(underneath their D & G outerwear)

Yakuza members tats

..Well if had of succeded in getting his casino of the ground i doubt he would of been dealing the cards

I know it's so cheesey isn't it. It's always cheesey..The Thai police arrested a 'senior' Yakuza figure suspected of opening an illegal casino. They found cards and poker chips in his hotel room..

Come on..

It's absurd which makes me wonder if it maybe is a translation error. Maybe they said something like "... wanted to use the equipment to run a small underground casino"... quite a different thing.

If he planned to open the Bellagio Macao I think he would have started out with the building...

I see yakuza here all the time (usually around the Japanese zone near Silom and the bigger hotels in the area). I wonder what was so special about this guy that the Japanese police asked the Thais to nab him?

Maybe he was scheduled for the 3rd finger