Takeshi Ebisawa: Alleged Yakuza leader admits trafficking …
Jan 9, 2025 · U.S. Magistrate Judge/Southern District of New York/Handout/Reuters. An alleged leader from Japan’s Yakuza crime syndicates has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar as...
Justice Department Announces Nuclear Materials Trafficking …
Feb 21, 2024 · According to court documents, Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, and co-defendant Somphop Singhasiri, 61, were previously charged in April 2022 with international narcotics trafficking and firearms offenses, and both have been ordered detained.
Japanese mafia leader caught in U.S. sting pleads guilty to ... - CBS News
Jan 9, 2025 · 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...
Japanese crime leader pleads guilty in U.S. to trafficking nuclear ...
Jan 9, 2025 · Takeshi Ebisawa pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials, including uranium and weapons-grade plutonium, to other countries, U.S. officials said.
Japanese Yakuza leader pleads guilty to conspiring to ... - Sky News
Jan 9, 2025 · Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, a Yakuza leader, was said to have "brazenly trafficked nuclear material, including weapons-grade plutonium". Takeshi Ebisawa poses with a rocket launcher during a meeting with an informant and two undercover Danish police officers at a warehouse in Copenhagen. Pic: Reuters.
Alleged Yakuza boss Takeshi Ebisawa admits to smuggling …
Jan 9, 2025 · Takeshi Ebisawa has pleaded guilty in New York to conspiring with a network of associates to "brazenly" traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar, the US justice department says.
Yakuza leader pleads guilty in US court to conspiring to sell
Jan 8, 2025 · 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.
Yakuza Leader Pleads Guilty in US to Conspiring to Sell Nuclear ...
Jan 9, 2025 · 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 said Wednesday.
Yakuza leader pleads guilty in New York to trafficking nuclear ...
Jan 8, 2025 · Takeshi Ebisawa, a leader of the Japanese organized crime syndicate yakuza, in an undated photo. Ebisawa pleaded guilty on Jan. 8, 2025, in New York federal court to charges of trafficking...
Japanese Yakuza Leader Pleads Guilty To Nuclear Materials …
Jan 8, 2025 · Our investigation into Takeshi Ebisawa and his associates exposed the shocking depths of international organized crime from trafficking nuclear materials to fueling the narcotics trade and arming violent insurgents.