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Yakuza currently threatening Japan’s sea cucumbers
Who needs drugs, gambling, and prostitution when there’s an ocean full of slimy black gold for the taking? It’s an increasingly common scene out on the Sea of Japan: in the middle of the night, Coast...
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10 yakuza members arrested for stealing sea cucumbers from ocean
More wayward souls caught up in the glitz and glamour of the illegal sea cucumber trade. A few years ago we reported on the growing problem of yakuza crews catching large amounts of sea cucumbers...
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Entire crew of Going Merry arrested by police in Japan (no, not on April 1)
The sea cucumbers they poached along the way actually are a sort of treasure. In a shocking development for fans of anime/manga mega-hit One Piece, each and every member of the crew of the seafaring...
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Ocean’s 11: heist of over 2M yen in sea cucumbers thwarted by Japanese coast...
Like they always say, stealing sea cucumbers doesn’t pay. A surprisingly growing problem in Japan has been the poaching of those gelatinous-looking echinoderms sea cucumbers. While they may not be...
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