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The Yakuza Boss Caught Selling Burmese Nuclear Material to Iranian Generals (Sort Of)

2024/2/27
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本期节目讨论了日本黑帮成员Takeshi Ebisawa涉嫌向假扮伊朗将军的美国缉毒局探员出售核材料的案件。该事件发生在泰国曼谷，Ebisawa与一名自称缅甸叛军成员的人合作，试图出售铀和钍。美国缉毒局探员经过三年卧底调查，最终将Ebisawa及其同伙逮捕。案件中涉及的核材料数量有限，但其性质严重，Ebisawa面临多项指控，包括走私核材料、武器和毒品等。本案也反映了缅甸内战导致武器和毒品走私猖獗的现状，以及国际社会打击核材料走私的难度。虽然Ebisawa自称是日本黑帮老大，但节目主持人指出“Yakuza”并非一个统一的组织，此说法可能只是为了吸引媒体关注。Ebisawa使用WhatsApp等非保密通讯工具进行交易，其行为显得非常不专业。最终，实验室检测结果证实Ebisawa提供的样本为武器级钚。

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The episode begins with the story of Takeshi Ebisawa, a Yakuza boss allegedly caught in Bangkok trying to sell nuclear material to a fake Iranian general in a sting operation.

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You may have seen the news last week, about a Yakuza boss caught in Bangkok trying to sell nuclear material to a fake Iranian general. Takeshi Ebisawa and a group of co-conspirators are behind bars, awaiting extradition to the US, the dopes in a sting operation that could’ve been lifted straight from Hollywood. But how legit is the bust? And who is Ebisawa, the stout, goateed gangster cops have been saying for years is a Yakuza don—despite that not really being a thing?

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