I understand your curiosity Monsieur Moreau. Although your enquiry was rather broad, in the sense that any organisation with the right 'tools' can be considered 'worth staying away from', i have compiled the following information for you:
The Hogosha are indeed, as your informant quite rightly observed, a group worth taking caution with when operating in, through or around Kusari. the Hogosha are a criminal organisation that ostensibly exists to promote the "welfare and prosperity of the Kusari people"... ostensibly!. The group is a confederation ran by collectives of criminal syndicates of several notable groups from the region which gives them a tight grasp on any illicit trade in their zone of operation.
I hope this is satisfactory enough to feed your curiosity Monsieur Moreau and maybe an insight for you as to the reliability of our services should you wish to discuss more