4 Yakuza, 4 Livers, 100+ Dead Americans; No problem. The UCLA Report You've Never Seen

Between 2000-2004, four vicious yakuza (Japanese gangsters) got liver transplants at UCLA. Tadamasa Goto, the most famous of them, died on February 8. Why was he given a life extension at all?

For the first time, we are publishing UCLA’s shoddy investigation into how four yakuza bosses got liver transplants at UCLA while hardworking Americans died.​

Tadamasa Goto, homicidal yakuza boss, who received a liver transplant at UCLA, inspired the character Shinzo Tozawa in the TV series, Tokyo Vice. Goto died on February 8th.