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Published in TZ Latest News 25 August, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Japan Sees Surge In Gold Smuggling As Yakuza & Wealthy Chinese Team Up

In a story that was seemingly tailor-made for the tabloids, Japanese news agency Nikkei is reporting that, in an unusual but tantalizing example of financial symbiosis, wealthy Chinese investors are teaming up with Yakuza gangsters to smuggle gold into Japan. The payoff for each side is simple: Chinese investors, who are increasingly fearful that a depreciating yuan will create turbulence in local stock and bond markets, can circumvent China’s stringent capital controls and

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