Asian Organized Crime The Yakuza is a form of organized crime which is older than the Sicilian Mafia. With over 300 years of history, this Japanese form of “the mob” is perhaps the oldest in the world . However, When one thinks of “organized crime,” certain images come to mind. First and foremost we think of America’s Mafia as well as Italy’s La Cosa Nostra. Both the Irish and Jews run their own crime organizations respectively in America. Southeast Asia has the Triads. China, Hong Kong and Taiwan have the Tong. However, there is one organization that was not mentioned in the above list, a group that has been around for o