Drugs have traditionally been sold by people with links to organized crime. Much of speed available on the streets of Japan is sold by directly by the yakuza or by members of motorcycle gangs or immigrants. Japanese reportedly find buying drugs from immigrants a less frightening experience than purchasing them from the yakuza.These days dealers come from all walks of life and employ a number of different methods. An increasing number are operating out of clubs and bars in entertainment district or through Internet and cell phone networks. Many dealers are foreigners. Of the 544 smugglers and dealers arrested in 2008, 128 were non-Japanese.