220 cops and immigration officials? Really?

「六本木の外国人クラブ、一斉捜索」　News i - TBSの動画ニュースサイト

http://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye/tbs_new...

　警視庁は２５日夜、東京・六本木の外国人クラブなどを一斉に捜索するなどして、不法滞在していたロシア人の女ら６人を摘発しました。 　入管難民法違反の疑いで警視庁の捜索を受けたのは、外国人クラブ「ホワイト・ユニコーン」などで、ロシア人ホステス、トゥチェンコ・ヴラジーミラヴナ容疑者（２５）ら２人が不法滞在の疑いで現行犯逮捕されるなど、ホステスの女ら５人が摘発されました。　捜索や立ち入りは「オーバースティのホステスがいる」という情報をもとに行われ、警視庁は、このうち５つの店舗について風適法違反の疑いで行政処分や指導をしました。　また、インド人の無職の男（３３）も不法滞在の疑いで逮捕していて、警視庁などは六本木地区の取り締まりを引き続き強化していく方針です。（26日11:47）

About a month ago, about 30 immigration officials poured into our club. Of course foreigners all have swine flu, so they were all wearing huge masks on their faces. All of us have proper visas and everything, so there was nothing to be afraid of. But it was just annoying, and it was harassment.

Then two nights ago a bunch of cops piled in. Like 20 of them. Plain clothes. Again, we're all above board so nothing happened, but COME ON!

Today I got an email from a customer asking me if I was okay, because there was a "serious smoke out of illegal foreigners in hostess clubs" last night. So I went online, and apparently somebody named nine hostess clubs and told the police that there were illegal girls working in them. So the obvious thing to do is to send 220 police and immigration officers out to all named clubs. Guess what? It depends on your news source, but three or six people were arrested or detained. Japanese society is much safer, now that two hostesses and one random unemployed Indian guy are off the streets. I bet it was really worth those 220 officers.

So an anonymous tip that there are (gasp) foreigners with dubious visas unleashes the full might of the Japanese police force. That makes me feel really welcome.