Insurgent factions, guerrilla troops, and semi-autonomous military forces are among the organizations to which the Yakuza attempted to give firearms to. However, the Yakuza boss ended up getting busted at NYC steakhouse over the scheme to trade drugs for missiles with Myanmar insurgents.
Following a long three-year probe that traversed the world, a high-ranking Yakuza leader and three associates were apprehended in Manhattan, New York on Tuesday. The four individuals were charged with international narcotics and arms trafficking violations in connection with a conspiracy to swap huge amounts of heroin and methamphetamine for military-grade firearms.
Takeshi Ebisawa, a 57-year-old Yakuza chief, was having dinner at Morton's Steak House when he was arrested after a three-year investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Two charges of narcotics trafficking conspiracy, conspiracy to possess firearms, which include machine guns and lethal devices, conspiracy to...