A leader of Japan's Yakuza crime syndicate who tried to sell Iran weapons-grade plutonium has pleaded guilty to charges of trafficking narcotics, weapons and nuclear material.

Alleged Yakuza leader Takeshi Ebisawa pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials, believing they were for Iran's nuclear program.

Japanese Yakuza mob boss Takeshi Ebisawa pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials to Iran among other charges.

Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, of Japan ... who posed as an Iranian general. Ebisawa was arrested in April 2022 in Manhattan during a DEA sting. DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said in a release that ...

Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, of Japan, entered the plea in Manhattan federal ... who posed as an Iranian general. Ebisawa was arrested in April 2022 in Manhattan during a DEA sting. DEA Administrator Anne ...

Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, of Japan ... who posed as an Iranian general. Ebisawa was arrested in April 2022 in Manhattan during a DEA sting. DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said in a release that ...

Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, also pleaded guilty to drug ... and Sompak Rukrasaraneewho. The three were all arrested in 2022 along with Ebisawa.

Takeshi Ebisawa, a high-ranking Yakuza member, has pleaded guilty in a New York court to trafficking weapons-grade nuclear ...

A year later, US authorities arrested Ebisawa on charges of plotting ... “As he admitted in court today, Takeshi Ebisawa brazenly trafficked nuclear material, including weapons-grade plutonium ...

A Japanese man Takeshi Ebisawa pleaded guilty this week in a US court to charges of trafficking uranium and plutonium ...

Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, of Japan ... who posed as an Iranian general. Ebisawa was arrested in April 2022 in Manhattan during a DEA sting. DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said in a release that ...