An alleged leader from Japan’s Yakuza crime syndicate has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar as ...

Tokyo: In a concerning development, a leader of Japan's notorious gang has reportedly orchestrated a scheme to smuggle ...

Takeshi Ebisawa faces a maximum punishment of life in prison after pleading guilty to six counts in a Manhattan court.

Mafia leader caught in sting operation trying to sell weapons-grade nuclear material to man he believed was Iranian general ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share NEW YORK (AP) — The purported leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate pleaded guilty Wednesday to ...

with a superseding indictment unsealed in February alleging he tried to sell nuclear material secured from Myanmar to an undercover federal agent posing as an Iranian general. The Drug Enforcement ...

The leader of a Japanese crime syndicate who was charged by U.S. authorities with trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar ...

Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, a Yakuza leader, was said to have "brazenly trafficked nuclear material, including weapons-grade plutonium".

Takeshi Ebisawa facing life in prison after admitting sourcing radioactive material to be used in nuclear programme ...

Myanmar has encountered challenges with its fleet of JF-17 Thunder fighter jets, a joint development by China and Pakistan.

A leader from Japan ’s Yakuza crime syndicate has admitted to ‘brazenly’ trafficking nuclear material from Myanmar to be used by Iran. Takeshi Ebisawa was captured during an undercover operation as he ...

Early last year he was also hit with charges over the purported Iranian sale ... out to Ebisawa’s lawyers for comment on the case. Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has been embroiled ...