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‘The devil’s child’: the rise and fall of the only female yakuza

Mako Nishimura fought her way into the Japanese underworld, but drug addiction and the slow demise of organised crime gangs almost destroyed her By Sean Williams. Read by Ami Okumura Jones. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod 

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From the archive: Terrorists, cultists – or champions of Iranian democracy? The wild wild story of the MEK

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2018: They fought for the Iranian revolution – and then for Saddam Hussein. The US and UK once condemned them. But now their o ...  Show more

 . 48min 26sec

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