Tokyo: In a concerning development, a leader of Japan's notorious gang has reportedly orchestrated a scheme to smuggle nuclear material and heavy weapons intended for warfare. Takeshi Ebisawa was found guilty of transporting lethal materials from Myanmar as part of a global smuggling racket.
Khamenei continues to resist such notions. In a defiant speech on January 8, he lambasted the U.S. as an imperialist power and pledged that Iran would continue to “back the resistance in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, and Yemen.” He criticized “those who want us to negotiate with the U.S. … and have their embassy in Iran.”
Takeshi Ebisawa faces a maximum punishment of life in prison after pleading guilty to six counts in a Manhattan court.
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share NEW YORK (AP) — The purported leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate pleaded guilty Wednesday to ...
Takeshi Ebisawa pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials, including uranium and weapons-grade plutonium, to other countries, U.S. officials said.
Myanmar has encountered challenges with its fleet of JF-17 Thunder fighter jets, a joint development by China and Pakistan.
NEW YORK — The purported leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges alleging that he conspired to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar in the belief that ...
In February 2024, U.S. authorities charged the Japanese "yakuza" crime leader with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar for expected use by Iran in nuclear weapons. He was also ...
A Japanese mafia boss has pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar to Iran along with drug trafficking and weapons offences. Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, a member of the yakuza,
A leader from Japan ’s Yakuza crime syndicate has admitted to ‘brazenly’ trafficking nuclear material from Myanmar to be used by Iran. Takeshi Ebisawa was captured during an undercover operation as he tried to sell the materials to someone posing as an Iranian general.