福島第一原発の除染作業でやくざが違法派遣

Police: 'Yakuza' gangster tries to cash in on Fukushima disaster

原発事故でひと儲けするやくざ

住吉会系暴力団の組員が、福島第一原発の除染作業現場に違法に人を派遣したとして逮捕されたというニュースをNBCが伝えています。

派遣された50代の従業員3人の日給は164ドルから186ドルで、主な仕事は草刈りと除染作業。彼らの日給の1/3をこの組員が受け取っていたと言う。

警察は同様のケースがないか調べている。


★タイトルにあるcash in on~は「～から利益を得る、〔利益を得るために〕～を利用する、～につけ込む」という意味です。

「英文記事」

TOKYO — A member of one of Japan's infamous "yakuza" organized crime syndicates has been arrested for illegally sending men to work at a construction company helping to clean-up the area around the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant, police said Thursday.

Yoshinori Arai, 40, who allegedly belongs to the Sumiyoshikai crime group, was detained after he sent three workers to do decontamination work without proper permits in November, according to Yamagata police.

The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reported the three men aged in their 50s were paid about $164 to $186 a day, mainly for cutting grass and other decontamination work. A third of the pay went to Arai, according to the report.

Police said they were also investigating a similar case involving 10 other workers allegedly sent to the area in December.