Yakuza Leader Pleads Guilty to Nuclear Material Trafficking
Takeshi Ebisawa, a Yakuza leader, pleaded guilty to trafficking weapons-grade nuclear material from Myanmar, intending to sell it to fund an arms deal for a Burmese insurgent group. This illicit operation also involved the trafficking of significant quantities of heroin and methamphetamine to the United States in exchange for surface-to-air missiles. Ebisawa’s activities, spanning from 2020, involved a sting operation resulting in the seizure of weapons-grade plutonium and uranium. He faces up to 20 years in prison for his crimes.
John Q. Hosedrinker