organized crime group; yakuza organization; crime syndicate
Refers specifically to Japanese organized crime groups, often called yakuza. Can be used in legal, news, and everyday contexts.
The police searched the office of that yakuza organization.
The anti-organized crime law was enacted.
He ended up joining a crime syndicate when he was young.
This underground lending business apparently funds a crime syndicate.
It was reported that the company had ties with organized crime.
Police have been cracking down on that crime syndicate for years.
elimination of organized crime groups; combating criminal gangs
gangster roundup; yakuza crackdown