What is protection money

The gangs even get that and have since left me alone. If it works, I might even go on record when I speak to reporters someday. Similar revised laws have gone into effect in Kyoto and Aichi prefectures, contributing to a decrease in gang membership and their income.

But Noboru Hirosue, an expert on criminal sociology and organized crime, offers a few sobering final thoughts. As a result, many become simple street criminals, engaging in such acts as robbery, theft and other violations that gangs traditionally forbid. If the government is going to put these guys out of business, it needs to think about how to make sure former gang members can earn a living as honest citizens.

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Meaning of "protection money" in the English dictionary. Protection racket. Synonyms and antonyms of protection money in the English dictionary of synonyms. Translation of «protection money» into 25 languages.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about protection money. A merchant told how he prevented additional gang harassment by paying protection money : Once, a group of Fuk Ching came and asked for money. I called the beeper of the gang who we were paying protection money. They talked it over the Ko-lin Chin, The amount of protection money is negotiated between the owner and the gang members.

The money will be paid on a regular basis or on major holidays. Business owners are sometimes asked to make one large payment of protection Robert J. Kelly, Ko-lin Chin, Rufus Schatzberg, Nutmeg — Protection, money , health, luck, fidelity, and breaks hexes. Add protection money to one of your lists below, or create a new one. Payment methods. Examples of protection money. Anabaptists were also a source of revenue for the seigneury because they paid a droit de reception or settlement fee and protection money or schirmgeld to the seigneury.

From the Cambridge English Corpus. How many convictions have there been against those collecting protection money?

From the Hansard archive. Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3. Is there a reduction in the amount of protection money being paid?

This is rather like protection money which is collected in other ways. They have looked on smugly while they have been in receipt of the protection money of potential votes in urban marginal seats. They are the people who are seeking to get protection money. If one pays the protection money , one goes bust. People in vulnerable areas who do not want their property taken in this way will be willing to pay protection money. There are allegations of drug dealing, of robbery, of rackets, of intimidation and of protection money , to name just a few.

They should check up on all the miscellaneous expenditure by contractors, many of whom are still paying protection money. The payment of the political levy is no more and no less than the extraction of protection money.