Yakuza oknha’s assets seized

[geovalin]

Daniel Pye

A senior Japanese underworld figure residing in Cambodia, where he was granted oknha status by the government in 2013, had his assets in the United States frozen yesterday by the US Treasury Department for allegedly laundering the proceeds of crime using a network of front companies.

Tadamasa Goto, 73, held numerous leadership positions in the largest Yakuza crime group, the Yamaguchi-gumi, and founded an affiliate group, the Goto-gumi, before he was expelled in 2008 and moved to Cambodia, the US Treasury said in a statement.

At the height of his power, he is said to have controlled more than 1,000 mobsters and affiliates, opened 100 front companies and had access to assets worth more than $1 billion.

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[spidermike007]

If only they could seize the assets of Hun Sen, the strongman leader of this most corrupt of nations. He is worth billions, and my guess is that some of that money is in the US. Maybe they are not interested? Regardless, he has made life for millions of Cambodians a living hell. He is a mafia chief of the lowest sort. And he remains PM!