A man who federal prosecutors say runs a notorious Japanese organized crime syndicate pleaded guilty last week to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials to Iran and U.S. weapons abandoned in ...

An alleged leader from Japan’s Yakuza crime syndicate has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar as part of a global web of trades in drugs, weapons and laundered cash, according ...

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

An alleged leader from Japan’s Yakuza crime syndicates has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar as part of a global web of trades in drugs, weapons and laundered cash ...

An alleged leader in Japan’s Yakuza pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges of attempting to traffic nuclear material sourced from war-ravaged Myanmar with the understanding that Iran would use ...

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 said Wednesday.

A leader of yakuza, a Japanese organized crime syndicate, pleaded guilty in New York to charges of trafficking nuclear ...

followed by Ebisawa responding, “Yes.” Then there’s audio of the Yakuza boss discussing nuclear weapons-grade material sales with an undercover agent he believed was a general in the Iranian ...

The feared Yakuza crime leader now faces decades in prison after being charged in February 2024. Ebisawa "brazenly trafficked nuclear material, including weapons-grade plutonium," acting US ...

Jan. 9 (UPI) --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.