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In typical schemes, hired perpetrators are strangers to one another, but due to crackdowns on online recruitment, many are turning to word of mouth and familiarity.


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Tochigi murder-robbery case reflects ‘tokuryū’ adapting to crackdowns
 
Tochigi murder-robbery case reflects ‘tokuryū’ adapting to crackdowns
 
In typical schemes, hired perpetrators are strangers to one another, but due to crackdowns on online recruitment, many are turning to word of mouth and familiarity.
 
 
 
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