Taiwanese Mafia Tricks Young Japanese Into Becoming “Kakeko” in Cambodia
The "Three Major Taiwanese Black Societies" are active across the sea?
Japanese as Ducks
There were about 15 Japanese in the group with whom Mr. A lived together at the safe house. They cooked their own meals with locally prepared food, and worked hard at their ″job″ on a daily basis.
The group he belonged to was involved in a theatrical scam in which, based on a list of Japanese people’s names and phone numbers, they would make false phone calls posing as police officers or prosecutors, saying, ‘Your cell phone is being used by a scam group. The members and I would gather every day in a room in a house, and we would incessantly make calls using smartphones distributed to us by the mafia,” he said.
The Taiwanese mafia has escaped detection by using overseas bases. Among them, there is a reason why they are based in Cambodia.
In the 1990s, when he was forced to flee Taiwan, he was sheltered by Pol Pot,” said Chen Keirei, the first leader of the Jhulian Aiding and Abetting. In doing so, he established connections to Cambodia and left a strong influence in the suburbs of Phnom Penh. Chen passed away in ’07, but his funeral in Taiwan was attended by the general public and was even broadcast live by all TV channels,” said a journalist familiar with the mafia situation.
In addition, the Taiwanese mafia has a different power from the Chinese mafia and Japanese gangs.
In China, the Communist Party holds absolute power, so even the mafia cannot rebel against the government. However, the Taiwanese mafia is free from the influence of the government. In fact, a former senior member of the “Chulian Aiding and Abetting” has become a politician in Taiwan. This is a situation that would not be possible in China or Japan. The Taiwanese mafia is an entity that influences the country from both the outside and the inside.
Mr. A has now returned to Japan, but he has yet to receive the compensation he was originally promised. The Taiwanese mafia will continue to do business with the Japanese, using them as dupes.
From the February 23, 2024 issue of FRIDAY
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