> In Japan, a country considered by many as quasi-Western and on par or ahead of the EU and US, organised crime is a legal pillar of society simply for the fact that it has always been that way.
Yakuza membership is down 10x from their peak in the 1960s and decreasing. A series of laws/regulations and changing cultural norms since the 1990s have increasingly constrained their ability to operate.
I'd say a country where anyone could look up the headquarters of a crime syndicate in the phone directory or on Google Maps hasn't actually done much to constrain their ability to operate.
Yakuza membership is down 10x from their peak in the 1960s and decreasing. A series of laws/regulations and changing cultural norms since the 1990s have increasingly constrained their ability to operate.