known as Yakuza, pleaded guilty Wednesday in New York to conspiring to traffic in weapons-grade nuclear material in Asia, the Justice Department said. Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, also pleaded guilty to ...

An alleged leader from Japan’s Yakuza crime syndicates has pleaded ... the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in 2021, Takeshi Ebisawa tried to sell the materials – including uranium ...

A Japanese Yakuza leader pleaded guilty in federal ... and it’s unlikely Takeshi Ebisawa will ever leave prison. It’s hard to pick the most damning evidence on display in the Department ...

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 ...

The alleged boss of the Japanese Yakuza has pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic uranium and weapons-grade plutonium to an informant posing as an Iranian general. Takeshi Ebisawa, 60 ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — Takeshi Ebisawa ... The Department of Justice (DOJ) referred Ebisawa as a Yakuza leader. They described the Yakuza as a 300-year-old Japanese crime syndicate involved ...

A Japanese Yakuza leader has pleaded guilty in the US to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar. Takeshi Ebisawa "brazenly trafficked nuclear material, including weapons-grade ...

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 ...

Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, a member of the yakuza, entered a guilty plea to six counts in federal court in Manhattan on Wednesday, the US Department of Justice said in a statement. He is set to be ...