At the same time, he worked to send massive quantities of heroin and methamphetamine to the United States in exchange for heavy-duty weaponry such as surface-to-air missiles to be used on battlefields in Burma.
Prosecutors alleged that Ebisawa, 60, brazenly moved material containing uranium and weapons-grade plutonium, alongside drugs, from Myanmar.
The (US) laboratory determined that the isotope composition of the plutonium found in the Nuclear Samples is weapons-grade, meaning that the plutonium, if produced in sufficient quantities, would be suitable for use in a nuclear weapon.
Yakuza leader Takeshi Ebisawa brazenly trafficked nuclear material, including weapons-grade plutonium, out of Burma, acting US attorney Edward Kim said on Wednesday.
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