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		dschobel on Sept 3, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Yakuza Per the article, it's more like the difference between a violent criminal and a white collar criminal.

wahnfrieden on Sept 3, 2012 | [–]

They extort via threat of violence, and they do follow-up if they're not paid.

Paul_S on Sept 3, 2012 | [–]

I'm sure they're just stealing company stationery.

The articles doesn't actually mention any examples of this purported white collar crime, unless you count extortion as such.

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