Japanese Mafia Profit from Child Pornography

by luxioflashpublished on December 21, 2025



The Yakuza rake in 50 billion dollars a year from child pornography, prostitution and drugs. We shine a light on this deadly criminal network. Subscribe to journeyman for daily uploads:
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In Tokyo bay, police divers haul heavily tattooed body parts out of the water – “heads, lower body parts and two left ankles have been found”. This is what happens to those who cross the Yakuza. Yet it’s not illegal to be a member and police have no powers to wiretap, plea bargain or offer witness protection. “In the old days they protected the weak from the strong. Today Yakuza live as pimps. They use cocaine, threaten people, and extort money”, says Gijin Kobayashi.

After a lifetime with the Yakuza, years of cocaine-fuelled violence and a lengthy stretch in jail, Gijin has sought absolution as a Buddhist monk. He was lucky to escape the Yakuza’s notorious vengeance. Celebrities, journalists and politicians have all felt the Yakuza’s wrath. And they go to any lengths to maintain their power in Japan’s society. “There are no rules when it comes to the Yakuza doing business”, says former Yakuza gangster and convicted killer, Shinji Ishihara, “they’ll do anything to make money”. Japan’s organised crime chief has acknowledged the Yakuza’s stake in child pornography. Yet this sordid mob is still going strong, tainting Japan’s national image.

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  1. @TweekerDub

    Anyone that harms a woman or a child is not a gangster.

  2. @dongyenk

    At a glance, I thought the thumbnail picture was a Memphis rap album cover.

  3. @In_ThIs_SAD_Dark_Reality

    Bro acts like he's a OG like that's something to fucking be proud of. Ain't nothing okay about child pornography bro. Not even to make money man. You don't make money off the misery others, ain't nothing cool about that. You got them kids looking up to you like you something to be looked up to when you're not. You're trash in a freaking suit and a disgrace. Wouldn't no man in his right mind make no money off no damn kids and the shit that they do to them. But anybody who's accidentally stumbled on child porn and gotten sick because it's that freaking bad you know what the hell I'm talking about. Ain't no way in hell You're a decent man if you ever made money off the suffering of others. That's what I got to say. And you talking about skimming off the top of these sex clubs and shit you mean you were human trafficking that's what the fuck you mean just come out and say it Don't be embarrassed about it now

  4. @In_ThIs_SAD_Dark_Reality

    I can't believe that there's only restrictions on child pornography in one province in Japan one out of 48. And even there they don't lock people up for selling their children or exploiting them. It makes you wonder if the governments got some part in that some of those high politicians if they're into some weird ass shit. It helps keep you out of trouble if it ain't a law to begin with

  5. @雪鷹魚英語培訓的領航

    I'm a minute in. The punching sound effects could have been toned down a bit, but they added a lot. But the whole overall tone of the editing, camera angles, lighting, et cetera are giving off strong story telling vibes. Cool stuff.

  6. @AphitethLordOfLight

    A formidable force is the storms and natural disasters i am going to relentlessly punish you with because of this shit. How have you all liked it so far?

  7. @gouverneur2001

    Bad documentary.

  8. @johnlocke1977

    The "Yakkerzer".

  9. @yoganature3598

    🍃🍵🧊🧊🧊🫖🍢 unbloody hell 🦔🪶⛩🍑🥭🍈🌊💧❄️. ~Ne? 🤲🔻🔴⚪️✌️🪃🐨🌌🧘🏽‍♀️🩴🎽🏄🏽‍♀️🩸🐝🎉🎀⚓️..👘🙏🌺🌳

  10. @michaelpowell7120

    I have white Skin, Blond hair and Blue eyes.

  11. @anthonyman8008

    Time to shut these thugs down!

  12. @frankenstein3126

    This story is miss titled. One a few minutes address the mafia's envolment in child pornography.

  13. @DuckieThirteen

    What we really need to do is to start talking more openly about this whole reality. We need to stop keeping it a "taboo" subject and confront it on a daily basis. I cannot help but to think that, by keeping it in the dark as we are, and projecting the light that makes it the, Biggest, forbidden fruit on the planet, without really saying why it shouldn't or should happen, will only keep it going and continue to drive it deeper into the shadows of the underworld. We need to encourage more and more people who have survived this type of life to talk about it, to shed light on that world so we can begin to see it when it is around us. The more it is talked about, the easier it is to see right? We need to get past this…hang-up, about sex in general and start being responsible citizens of this world who care about the children of it; not just your family's, but All children of this world.

    See, this is another problem that helps sick realities to exist when we are always told that, " Family is the most important thing!" Really!! Are you kidding me!! If you only focus and protect only the people in your family, then you don't look after or care for the kids who either don't have a family, have a fucked up family, or come from that picture perfect family that is actually fucked up and so by looking perfect causes you to not even bother to look to see if anything bad is going on.

    And with all that said, you can see why there are bad thing going on in the world, especially if you just take a moment to think about it.

    If it's not happing to any of my family, we don't pay mind to it ALL!! And this is what allows for bad behaviors to exist. So when it does finally happens to touch your family, you'll go out of your minds acting like you cannot believe this happened and how could it! Why does this exist in the first place! Wake up people! We need to get away from only looking out for, "the family," only!! If you cannot look out for everyone but your family, you're going to have most everyone after your family!

    We need to start looking out for the most important thing in our lives! And that is, Us People, of this World! We need to start creating a One World Society that focuses on its survival and what We, as a species what to create in this Universe. What We, what to stand for! What We, want to be as a People! Fucking our children for profit or for the sick brutality of destruction to the Human Mind for control later on, is not going to get us to any positive place!

    We also had have to find out what all exist on this planet because there are people out there that do have abilities that are not available to most people. Who are these people and why do the exist here. And by not talking about them as well, allows for them to do Hyenas things to the Worlds children! There are so many layers in this World and We, need to start pulling the layers back and exposing what lies underneath so that we may remove what should not be in existence and strengthen what is already there that helps Us even more in getting to the final goal…. One World Society. One World People! One United Planet!!

    There is video out there that states that the people who actually rules this planet, directs all the actions, to get to a One World, known as, the One World Order. But in some of these videos it is said that one of the families have said to corrupt all the children of the world so it will be easier to control them as adults. My question on that is this…. does there really need to be such destruction to the children of this World in order to get the planet to that final destination?? Why wouldn't the kids be willing to work to such a goal if the truth is just explained. Corrupting only seems like it will lead to more bad things. More bad behaviors. More life lost in unnatural ways. More traumas; mental/physical. More suffering for the Planet’s Societies! Why does there need to be bad behaviors, that are not justified or warranted, to get the children of the future, working on seeing the World's People, as One??

    If We really need to "thin out the herd" as its said, then We need to take out all the bad elements (people) that exist. We need to start killing off the poisoned minds that spread nothing but pain and suffering. We need to become Real!! Real with what We have to face, and Real with what We have created. Real with what must be done, even if it's right at home! Real to Our Children of this World!

  14. @charleslaferriere5992

    AH! From actual gangster to spiritual ganster.

  15. @TheChoujinVirus

    so the Yakuza has suffered the same problem with the Itallian mafias have

  16. @johnadams-wp2yb

    Japanese mafia.. small dicked psychopaths.

  17. @Tsnore

    Japanese culture is sick in many ways.

  18. @anonanon6638

    utterly evil

  19. @MyChacmool

    yakuza IS STRAIGHT

  20. @ironfistarrival

    Japan needs another Atomic bomb indeed , to cleanse their Souls and Bodies from Yakuza ….Amin .

  21. @qidirotch3673

    Gangsters of the world. You failed because you resulted to violence and crime

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  23. @maomao667

    Fucking fake monk still doing evil under the name of budha? He will burn in hell!!!

  24. @Shazzyhtown

    that is so ridiculous! those assholes are using religion to hide away. they are not real Buddhists….its only protection. its no different from the MANY ex-cons who suddenly "find Islam". you begin to realize that its a form of protection too…your Muslim brothers will look out for your.

  25. @comradeAres

    There were 30 seconds of speculation relevant to the title of the video. Otherwise yakuza gangs are less violent than your average american street gang, and it is extremely rare to get involved with people not seeking them. Not that it's not a problem, but a rather insignificant one.

  26. @t0caia726

    Not surprising. At all.