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                Date: 2000-09-06
                 
                 
                JP: Yakuza & die Mobiltelephonie
                
                 
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      Wie wenig Sinn umfassende Abhörmaßnahmen gerade bei  
jenen machen, für deren Überwachung sie angeblich  
bestimmt sind, zeigt dieser Bericht der Japan Times über die  
organisierte Kriminalität und ihrem Hang zu immer neuen  
Handys. 
 
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relayed by 
"g'o'tz ohnesorge" <gohnesorge@lh-computertechnik.de> 
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Intended mob target unfazed by wiretap law  
By ERIC JOHNSTON Staff writer  
KOBE -- When the controversial wiretapping legislation was  
passed in the Diet last year, supporters claimed society as a  
whole would benefit because police would be able to track  
organized crime more efficiently. 
 
But three weeks after the law went into effect, lawyers  
opposed to the law and veteran yakuza watchers say the  
only beneficiaries of the new law are likely to be cellular  
phone companies, which will see an increase in phone  
turnover. 
 
"It's technically difficult to wiretap cellular phone traffic.  
Furthermore, many gangs will rent, buy or lease new phones  
constantly, making it next to impossible for police to track  
calls," said one veteran Kobe-based yakuza watcher,  
speaking anonymously. 
... 
Until last year, most important Yamaguchi-gumi business  
among very top mob bosses was conducted primarily by fax  
machine, which is much harder to wiretap than a regular  
phone. 
 
But at the regular monthly meeting in early July with the  
heads of the approximately 110 Yamaguchi-gumi-affiliated  
gangs nationwide, the Yamaguchi-gumi's top brass issued a  
new order. 
 
To guard against police actions under the wiretapping law,  
the mob bosses were reportedly told by Saizo Kishimoto,  
head of Kishimoto-gumi and the person in charge of the  
meeting, to speak to each other face to face when important  
matters had to be discussed. 
... 
"The top leaders of Yamaguchi-gumi are too smart to be  
caught discussing illegal business over an open phone line. I  
would imagine they've already worked out other measures to  
communicate with each other and to get around the  
wiretapping law," said Kenji Ikegami of the Osaka Bar  
Association. 
... 
Ikegami, though, warned that if police fail to make a few  
major arrests, they'll likely ask for more power. 
 
"Our biggest concern is that once police realize they aren't  
getting the results they thought they would, there will be  
pressure on politicians to expand the scope of the law. 
 
"If we were not careful, we could have a situation where, like  
the Kempeitai secret police before the war, the police will be  
recording private conversations of innocent people secretly,  
while the gangs conduct business as usual," he said. 
 
Voll text 
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20000905b3.htm
                   
 
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edited by Harkank 
published on: 2000-09-06 
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