Sammie, their crime rate is very low indeed. That is why so many people support the system there because it works.

The crime rate in Japan is also low, but the police have a different form of crime prevention. Allow the mafia to exist and ensure the mafia to keep things under control in their own turfs. Until recently the public supported this form of crime prevention. It was only after the mafia activity started to intrude into the public arena that people voiced their opposition. This resulted in the clamp down of mafia activity.
In recent years the clamp down in mafia activity by the police has given rise to the number of gangs in Japan.

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