This isn't that uncommon at all as you know who financed soup kitchens to feed the poor during the depression? Al Capone
Who gave away a lot to local communities? Pablo Escobar
SMART criminal gangs know the benefits of taking a portion of your income and using it to improve the local area as then people feel indebted to you to then be more agreeable to your presence and activities.
And there is less likelihood you end up like El Salvador..
im taking a guess that that that only tends to only work with criminal gangs that are native to the region who at least consider where they are staying to be home so they want to have a more long term relationship with the locals. . . Somehow i dont think foreign gangs would bother to take care of their local area.
well, that and it only really works if you don't stir up too much trouble. u/SocraticMethod1 mentioned Al Capone's soup kitchens, but the public support of the man quickly dried up after the valentine's day massacre.
Obviously nice to have a good image in the eyes of the general population. It's also not the first time Yakuza helped disaster victims. I also vaguely remember Yakuza giving out gifts to kids during Halloween(but that later got banned).
This isn't that uncommon at all as you know who financed soup kitchens to feed the poor during the depression? Al Capone
Who gave away a lot to local communities? Pablo Escobar
SMART criminal gangs know the benefits of taking a portion of your income and using it to improve the local area as then people feel indebted to you to then be more agreeable to your presence and activities.
And there is less likelihood you end up like El Salvador..
im taking a guess that that that only tends to only work with criminal gangs that are native to the region who at least consider where they are staying to be home so they want to have a more long term relationship with the locals. . . Somehow i dont think foreign gangs would bother to take care of their local area.
well, that and it only really works if you don't stir up too much trouble. u/SocraticMethod1 mentioned Al Capone's soup kitchens, but the public support of the man quickly dried up after the valentine's day massacre.
Pretty much, unless they are sort of native to the local immigrant communities like in New York during the depression.
Obviously nice to have a good image in the eyes of the general population. It's also not the first time Yakuza helped disaster victims. I also vaguely remember Yakuza giving out gifts to kids during Halloween(but that later got banned).