NEW YORK: A member of Japan’s yakuza crime group was sentenced to twenty years in jail by a New York court docket on Tuesday (Mar 3) after being convicted of trafficking nuclear materials in addition to medication and weapons.
Takeshi Ebisawa, 61, has been jailed since April 2022 on drug and weapons fees, alongside together with his Thai co-defendant Somphop Singhasiri, following years of investigations by the US Drug Enforcement Administration.
In February 2024, he was additionally accused of making an attempt to promote military-grade nuclear materials, together with narcotics together with heroin and methamphetamine, to purchase weapons, together with surface-to-air missiles, for armed teams in Myanmar.
He pleaded responsible to a complete of six fees in January 2025.
“Takeshi Ebisawa has been held accountable for his crimes, together with an try and promote weapons-grade plutonium to Iran and to flood New York with lethal narcotics,” mentioned John Eisenberg, the assistant legal professional common for nationwide safety.
