Source: United Press International
“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. Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, of Japan entered his guilty plea Wednesday in a Manhattan courtroom to six federal conspiracy and trafficking counts, for which he now faces decades in prison when sentenced. The development comes more than two years after Ebisawa was arrested and initially charged with drug and weapons trafficking offenses, 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.” (01/09/25)
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/01/09/yakuza-Iran-nuclear-material/4351736408528/