A former yakuza member who retired in his 70s and was formerly in charge of a gang office saw that the younger generation increasingly did not want to live a life of crime. Affiliated gangs ...

An alleged leader from Japan’s Yakuza crime syndicates has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar as part of a global web of trades in drugs, weapons and laundered cash ...

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 ...

A FEARED Japanese gang boss was plotting to traffic plutonium ... as part of a global web of illegal activity. The feared Yakuza crime leader now faces decades in prison after being charged ...

An alleged leader from Japan’s Yakuza crime syndicates has pleaded guilty to trafficking nuclear materials from Myanmar as part of a global web of trades in drugs, weapons and laundered cash, ...

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 ...

Ebisawa also pleaded guilty to international narcotics trafficking and weapons charges, the department added. In February 2024, U.S. authorities charged the Japanese yakuza leader with conspiring to ...

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. He was then ...

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 plutonium, ...