Yakuza

U.S. charges Japanese mob boss with selling nuclear material to Iran

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MANHATTAN, NY – Takeshi Ebisawa, a reputed leader of the Japanese Yakuza, is facing charges from U.S. authorities for allegedly orchestrating a scheme to smuggle nuclear materials from Southeast Asia to Iran. The charges detail that Ebisawa presented samples of the nuclear materials to an undercover agent from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), who was posing as a drug and arms trafficker with links to Iran. These materials, believed to have been smuggled from Myanmar …

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Yakuza Leader Allegedly Tries to Traffic Uranium and Weapons-Grade Plutonium – Shocking Details!

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NEW YORK – The U.S. Justice Department has brought forth new charges against Takeshi Ebisawa, a leader of the Japanese Yakuza gang, accusing him of conspiring to traffic weapons-grade nuclear materials. Prosecutors allege that Ebisawa intended to transport uranium and weapons-grade plutonium, believing it could be used by countries like Iran for the development of nuclear weapons. According to an unsealed superseding indictment, Ebisawa allegedly reached out to two undercover agents in early 2020, expressing …

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Yakuza Leader Trafficked Nuclear Materials to Iran for Weapons Program

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NEW YORK – A high-ranking member of the Yakuza, Takeshi Ebisawa, has been charged with a conspiracy to traffic nuclear materials from Burma to other countries, including the belief that they would be used by Iran to develop a nuclear weapon, federal prosecutors in New York announced Wednesday. The accused gangster and his confederates allegedly showed samples of nuclear materials in Thailand to an undercover agent from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, posing as a …

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