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.

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

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 ...

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

Takeshi Ebisawa pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials, including uranium and weapons-grade plutonium, 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 ...

A Japanese mafia boss has pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar to Iran along with drug trafficking and weapons offences. Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, a member of the ...

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

Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia, is facing a severe crisis as it spirals into a full-blown civil war. The situation ...

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 ...