{
  "id": 8285044,
  "title": "'Tokuryu' Criminal Gangs Target Elderly Victims with Refrigerator Trick",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/tokuryu-criminal-gangs-target-elderly-victims-with-refrigerator-trick",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T17:55:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "News On Japan",
    "slug": "news-on-japan",
    "url": "https://newsonjapan.com/article/150804.php"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Anonymous and fluid criminal groups known in Japan as \"tokuryu\" are adopting increasingly elaborate tactics, including a scheme in which elderly victims are persuaded to hide cash inside refrigerators before thieves enter their homes, as authorities struggle to combat networks whose members often have no direct contact with one another. (News On Japan)",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}