this man was a member of the yakuza crime syndicate in japan, similar to was a member of the yakuza crimerated as legal in japan. this interestingly they are tolerated as legal injapan. this particular gentleman, shigeharu shirai, was wa nted gentleman, shigeharu shirai, was wanted for the murder of a rival gangland boss. he has turned up in a sleepy village in thailand. a p pa re ntly sleepy village in thailand. apparently every day he would go to the market to get food and play chess with the locals and he would like to have his extensive tattoos photographed. that is what caught him outand photographed. that is what caught him out and these were posted on the internet and went viral, and seen thousands of times, and spotted by the japanese authorities. these tattoos marked him out as a yakuza member. these gang members often have elaborate body art, often painfully put on them. he also had a missing part of his little finger on his left hand, and that the time authorities were notified and they went and arrested him and he has been detained and admitted to being pa rt been detained and