Staff writer
KOBE -- Police officials have long claimed the wiretapping legislation recently enacted by the Diet was necessary in order to crack down on organized crime.
But local detectives and journalists who keep tabs on the yakuza have doubts about just how effective the new law will be, and some fear it may push illegal gang activity even further underground.
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