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How Japan’s 660 most wanted stay hidden: slums, day labour and forged IDs

A month-long police campaign in Japan to track down hundreds of suspects sought over the nation’s most notorious crimes, some dating back decades, underscores what analysts describe as the surprising ease with which individuals can vanish, even in the country’s highly bureaucratic society. The nationwide drive, officially designated the “Month for Strengthening Investigations into Wanted…

How Japan’s 660 most wanted stay hidden: slums, day labour and forged IDs

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