A Japanese Yakuza leader has pleaded guilty to attempting to traffic weapons-grade plutonium for Iran’s nuclear weapons ...

Takeshi Ebisawa allegedly conspired to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar in the belief that Iran would use it for nuclear weapons.

A leader of Japan's Yakuza crime syndicate who tried to sell Iran weapons-grade plutonium has pleaded guilty to charges of ...

Prosecutors said samples of the alleged nuclear material was weapons-grade, meaning enough of it would be suitable for use in a nuclear weapon.

Takeshi Ebisawa admitted at his plea that he 'brazenly trafficked' material including weapons-grade plutonium out of Myanmar The purported leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate pleaded guilty on ...

A Myanmar military drone tracked a car carrying anti-junta forces as it drove through the contested village of Moe Bye.

An alleged leader from Japan’s Yakuza crime syndicate has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar as ...

Takeshi Ebisawa planned to sell weapons-grade nuclear material and narcotics from Myanmar, and to purchase military weaponry ...

The violence in Burma has ravaged it for decades, but the conflict may be reaching a new stage—with consequences for the ...

The leader of a Japanese crime syndicate who was charged by U.S. authorities with trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar ...

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.