Yakuza boss sentenced to 20 years for attempting to traffic nuclear materials and drugs

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Yakuza boss Takeshi Ebisawa was sentenced to 20 years in prison for attempting to traffic nuclear materials and drugs. Ebisawa was arrested in a sting operation for trying to sell uranium and weapons-grade plutonium to an undercover agent posing as an Iranian official. The operation also aimed to disrupt his plans to flood the U.S. with narcotics and acquire battlefield weapons.


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