Takeshi Ebisawa, a Japanese Yakuza leader, pleaded guilty to attempting to sell weapons-grade plutonium, drugs, and weapons to undercover federal agents. Ebisawa was part of a large criminal network that spanned multiple countries and engaged in drug and weapons trafficking.
Takeshi Ebisawa posing with a rocket launcher during a meeting with two undercover agents from the Denmark Police and a photo allegedly sent by Ebisawa showing plutonium with a Geiger counter In February of last year, Japanese Yakuza leader Takeshi Ebisawa entered our hearts when he posed with a rocket launcher for a photo. This year, he’ll be entering federal prison after pleading guilty to attempting to sell weapons-grade plutonium, drugs, and weapons to undercover federal agents.
He wanted surface-to-air missiles left over from America’s war in Afghanistan that he planned to sell to armed groups in Burma. According to the feds, Ebisawa would partially pay for some of these weapons using amphetamine and heroin bound for the U.S. street market. The Yakuza leader also wanted to sell an additional 500 kilograms of meth and heroin as a separate transaction.
Ebisawa claimed he had 2,000 kilograms of Thorium-232, more than 100 kilograms of uranium in its yellowcake form. He promised he could get another five tons of nuclear material from his contacts in Burma. He provided samples and when the feds tested it they found that Ebisawa did, indeed, have weapons-grade nuclear material.
“Our investigation into Takeshi Ebisawa and his associates exposed the shocking depths of international organized crime from trafficking nuclear materials to fueling the narcotics trade and arming violent insurgents,” DEA administrator Anne Milgram, said in a press release about the case. “DEA remains positioned to relentlessly pursue anyone who threatens our national security, regardless of where they operate. Protecting the American people from such evil will always remain DEA’s top priority.
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