Takeshi Ebisawa, the 60-year-old alleged leader of the Japanese yakuza, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday to conspiring with a network of associates to traffic nuclear materials, ...

Takeshi Ebisawa has pleaded guilty in New York to conspiring with a network of associates to traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar, the US justice department says. The US justice department says ...

During an undercover investigation by the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in 2021, Takeshi Ebisawa tried to sell the materials – including uranium and weapons-grade plutonium – to ...

NEW YORK - A member of the Japanese yakuza criminal underworld pleaded guilty to handling nuclear material sourced from Myanmar and seeking to sell it to fund an illicit arms deal, US authorities ...

There’s an undercover agent’s photograph of Ebisawa brandishing a stolen US Army rocket launcher. There’s also a screenshot of a WhatsApp conversation between Ebisawa and a co-conspirator ...

Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, of Japan, entered the plea in Manhattan federal court to weapons and narcotics trafficking charges that carry a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison and the possibility of ...

Yakuza Boss Takeshi Ebisawa Admits Role in Trafficking Nuclear Materials from Myanmar. A Japanese Yakuza leader has admitted guilt in a United States court for his role in a conspiracy to traffic ...

Yakuza leader Takeshi Ebisawa and co-defendant Somphop Singhasiri had previously been charged in April 2022 with drug trafficking and firearms offenses, and both were remanded. He was then ...