Tattoo has a long diverse history. Most people had associated tattoo with some bad stuffs. You can't blame them because Tattoo was once become apart of notorious organization.
In Japan, tattoos are strongly associated with organized crime organizations known as the yakuza, particularly full body tattoos done the traditional Japanese way (Tebori). Many public Japanese bathhouses (sentō) and gymnasiums often openly ban those bearing large or graphic tattoos in an attempt to prevent Yakuza from entering.
In the United States many prisoners and criminal gangs use distinctive tattoos to indicate facts about their criminal behavior, prison sentences, and organizational affiliation. A tear tattoo, for example, can be symbolic of murder, with each tear representing the death of a friend.
Tattooing was also used by the Nazi regime in Nazi concentration camps to tag prisoners.
Tattoos are generally considered an important part of the culture of the Russian mafia.
