A man, who said he was jailed for two years, speaking during an AFP interview on condition of anonymity at temporary housing for ex-prisoners in Tokyo. Criminal gangs in Japan are increasingly tapping into the anonymity and reach of social media to amass and mobilise money-hungry individuals – including teens – for crimes including fraud, theft and even robbery.
The young woman was far from the only unlikely criminal to be attracted by a “yami baito” – a black-market part-time job – ad on X, formerly Twitter, and other platforms. Online platforms, especially encrypted messaging apps like Telegram and Signal, also help gangs remain nameless and untraceable. The perpetrators of the assault, which shocked Japan and focused police attention on the problem of yami baito crimes, had reportedly been hired through online ads.
“All I could think about was I could get wasted again that night... drinking expensive champagne at hostess bars.”Police have been scrambling to get criminal ads taken down and have offered rewards of up to 1mil yen for information on the gangs behind them.
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