Children in Kobe, Japan, won't receive trick-or-treating candy from the local mob this year. In a sign posted outside its headquarters and tweeted by Japanese news outlet Sankei Shimbun on Oct. 21, the Yamaguchi-gumi crime syndicate announced it would cancel this year's Halloween celebration. Typically, the clan would hand out sweets to kids who visited to the gang's headquarters. On Oct. 31 last year, Japanese journalist and "yakuza" gang expert Tomohiko Suzuki tweeted a photo appearing to show children dressed in Halloween costumes receiving gift bags from members of the Yamaguchi-gumi. "Kobe, Yamaguchi Clan HQ, it's Halloween!" part of Suzuki's tweet reads....
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