Tribunal de EE. UU. condena a 20 años a miembro japonés de la yakuza por tráfico nuclear

Un tribunal de Nueva York condenó a un hombre japonés, miembro de un grupo criminal yakuza, a 20 años de prisión por tráfico de material nuclear, drogas y armas. Takeshi Ebisawa, de 61 años, se había declarado culpable de seis cargos en enero de 2025. La sentencia sigue a años de investigaciones de la Administración para el Control de Drogas de EE. UU.

El martes, un tribunal federal de Nueva York impuso una sentencia de 20 años de prisión a Takeshi Ebisawa, un miembro de 61 años de un grupo criminal yakuza, por su implicación en el tráfico de material nuclear, drogas y armas. Ebisawa está bajo custodia desde abril de 2022 por cargos relacionados con drogas y armas, junto a su coacusado tailandés Somphop Singhasiri. Estos cargos provinieron de años de investigaciones realizadas por la Administración para el Control de Drogas de EE. UU. En febrero de 2024, Ebisawa enfrentó acusaciones adicionales por intentar vender material nuclear de grado militar, junto con narcóticos como heroína y metanfetamina, para comprar armas, incluidos misiles tierra-aire, para grupos armados en Myanmar. Se declaró culpable de un total de seis cargos en enero de 2025. «Takeshi Ebisawa ha sido responsabilizado por sus crímenes, incluyendo un intento de vender plutonio de grado armamentístico a Irán y de inundar Nueva York con narcóticos mortales», dijo John Eisenberg, subfiscal general para la seguridad nacional. Este caso destaca los riesgos que representan las redes criminales internacionales y subraya los esfuerzos continuos de la Administración para el Control de Drogas de EE. UU. para fortalecer la seguridad global.

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