Anti-social forces are identified by both their attributes, such as organized crime groups, companies associated with them, and corporate racketeers, and their conduct, such as violent demands or unjustified demands that go beyond legal liability. This approach comes from the "Guidelines for How Companies Prevent Damage from Anti-Social Forces" (our translation of "企業が反社会的勢力による被害を防止するための指針について"), adopted in 2007 by the executive meeting of the Japanese government's Ministerial Meeting Concerning Measures Against Crime, and the Financial Services Agency's "Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Major Banks, etc." reflect it1.

Financial institutions keep anti-social forces from becoming counterparties by screening in advance with information on anti-social forces and by including organized crime exclusion clauses in their contracts and terms of business. If a counterparty turns out to be an anti-social force after trading, the institution ends the relationship as quickly as possible2.

Notes

  1. Financial Services Agency, "主要行等向けの総合的な監督指針" (Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Major Banks, etc.) (October 2026), III-3-1-4-1, "意義" (Purpose), and its reference note, "反社会的勢力のとらえ方" (How anti-social forces are identified) (pages 158–159) (in Japanese). ↩

  2. Financial Services Agency, "主要行等向けの総合的な監督指針" (Comprehensive Guidelines for Supervision of Major Banks, etc.) (October 2026), III-3-1-4-2, the introduction to "主な着眼点" (Main points of focus), and (3) (pages 159–160) (in Japanese). ↩