I heard that the Yakuza has/had their own magazine, and I'm sure in places like Colombia and Mexico cartel leaders are regarded as folk heroes, and I'm sure that within black communities gang leaders and drug lords are looked upon as some sort of Gods. I'm just speaking in general.
The Yakuza is really interesting. They're like semi-legitimate or definitely have less secrecy than the mob does. They have headquarters you can google and don't hide them. I even found on youtube a ceremony where they were announcing the new boss, there's a few great documentaries out there too. But, like the mob the government has been going after them hard over there and it's a lot different now
