An expert panel under the National Police Agency called for giving police the option as swiftly as possible of remotely analyzing smartphones used by members of loosely organized anonymous criminal groups. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/25/japan/crime-legal/tokury-smartphones-remote/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #npa #japanesepolice #organizedcrime #fraud #tokuryu #phones
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Under a new system, Japanese police officers will make fake accounts to respond to online solicitations from "tokuryū" criminal groups in order to trace flows of illicit funds. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/28/japan/crime-legal/japan-police-bank-accounts-fraud/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #fraud #japanesepolice #moneylaundering #organizedcrime
Police have arrested a 30-year-old man wanted in connection with a case in which his former wife's 52-year-old mother was murdered and the victim's 26-year-old son was injured in the Gunma city of Ota on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/29/japan/crime-legal/gunma-arrest-ex-wife-mother-murder/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #gunma #stabbings