Man, the new Like a Dragon marketing campaign is going a bit too far.
Why is the maximum sentence for money laundering the same as international trafficking of nuclear materials? Feels like one is a bit more of a threat than the other.
Does the Yakuza have goofy names like the American a Mafia? You know like:
Hideki ‘chopstick dick’ Yamamoto
The US needs to hire my boy Hide. In Japan, heart surgeon. Number one. Steady hand.
From the list of charges and their prison terms he seems fucked.
Now that’s a fucking headline
Sounds like a job for Lady Bug
Curious how US courts have jurisdiction over this case? Don’t think the US is related other than collect evidence?
Yakuza messed up if they dabbled in something that will piss off the US like nuclear.
I doubt the extra $$$ was worth it
Uh what.
Ugh, what has Majima been up to now?
Wtf? That yakuza and his organisation are so fucked, and dead. Government does not care if you rob, murder and abuse people, but it really cares if you do that to them.
What a crazy story and I’m glad they were stopped. On another note, we need to complete defund the DEA. WTF was the DEA doing busting gangbangers with Uranium in Burma?
Infinite wealth is real?!?
They dont mention which Yakuza group this guys a part of, anyone know?
Did Burma produce this weapons grade nuclear material domestically or was it obtained from somewhere else? I know they tried for a nuclear weapons program but I dont believe they got close to succeeding, if its from them that might indicate they have their own functional nukes as well.
Either way, this is pretty big. At first I thought that it would just be uranium ore or something, but the linked article actually mentions weapons grade uranium specifically. Thats extremely hard to obtain (only countries with a nuclear weapons program should have any), and any which exists should be locked down pretty hard (since as soon as you get enough, anyone with good explosives knowledge and access to them could theoretically make a nuclear weapon), I have no idea how this guy managed to get his hands on it.
Where the fuck is Jack Ryan?!??…..
No but seriously this story is absolutely insane and reads like a sub-par movie script, but it’s all real. Pretty wild stuff.
Oh – those are some rare charges I believe.
Dog we invaded a whole ass country and permanently destabilized the region over fake nuclear material what was this dude thinking
So Burma/Myanmar has a nuclear weapons program?
Anata wa baka
Jokes aside, the fact that nuclear materials are being trafficked by criminal organizations is fucking scary as hell.
Wake up, babe, new anime just dropped
Sounds like the plot for the new Yakuza Like a Dragon game
I wish so badly I either would have become some sort of undercover operative or that I could just be a fly on the wall during these big time criminal conspiracies. There’s a clandestine lab somewhere in Burma producing tons of nuclear material? There’s a yakuza guy there brokering the deals? They also deal in hardcore military grade weaponry? They thought they were selling it to Iran? Maybe it’s just because finished the sopranos and I’m on an organized crime kick but god damn it’s all so interesting, even if it’s fucked up and dangerous.
Well, the fact he’s in the news means he probably won’t go to a black site.
Dame da ne
Dame yo
Dame na no yo
And he was only half way. His buyer was a dea agent, but this closer than any news I’ve heard ever
>“As alleged, the defendants in this case trafficked in drugs, weapons, and nuclear material — going so far as to offer uranium and weapons-grade plutonium fully expecting that Iran would use it for nuclear weapons. This is an extraordinary example of the depravity of drug traffickers who operate with total disregard for human life. I commend the men and women of DEA and this prosecution team for their tireless work to protect us from such evil.”
This confirms that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons. There’s no other reason to attempt the acquisition of weapons-grade plutonium.
So much for the bullshit about yakuza having honor when they’re encouraging nuclear proliferation…and in non-Japan countries to boot.
Hand him over, the rest of yall tell ur friends
Cyberpunk ass headline
Who in Burma has weapons grade plutonium to sell?!??!??!!
bro this is literally the plot of like a dragon infinite wealth
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This sounds like a movie.
How does the US have jurisdiction?
This is wild
Man, the new Like a Dragon marketing campaign is going a bit too far.
Why is the maximum sentence for money laundering the same as international trafficking of nuclear materials? Feels like one is a bit more of a threat than the other.
Does the Yakuza have goofy names like the American a Mafia? You know like:
Hideki ‘chopstick dick’ Yamamoto
The US needs to hire my boy Hide. In Japan, heart surgeon. Number one. Steady hand.
From the list of charges and their prison terms he seems fucked.
Now that’s a fucking headline
Sounds like a job for Lady Bug
Curious how US courts have jurisdiction over this case? Don’t think the US is related other than collect evidence?
Yakuza messed up if they dabbled in something that will piss off the US like nuclear.
I doubt the extra $$$ was worth it
Uh what.
Ugh, what has Majima been up to now?
Wtf? That yakuza and his organisation are so fucked, and dead. Government does not care if you rob, murder and abuse people, but it really cares if you do that to them.
What a crazy story and I’m glad they were stopped. On another note, we need to complete defund the DEA. WTF was the DEA doing busting gangbangers with Uranium in Burma?
Infinite wealth is real?!?
They dont mention which Yakuza group this guys a part of, anyone know?
Did Burma produce this weapons grade nuclear material domestically or was it obtained from somewhere else? I know they tried for a nuclear weapons program but I dont believe they got close to succeeding, if its from them that might indicate they have their own functional nukes as well.
Either way, this is pretty big. At first I thought that it would just be uranium ore or something, but the linked article actually mentions weapons grade uranium specifically. Thats extremely hard to obtain (only countries with a nuclear weapons program should have any), and any which exists should be locked down pretty hard (since as soon as you get enough, anyone with good explosives knowledge and access to them could theoretically make a nuclear weapon), I have no idea how this guy managed to get his hands on it.
Where the fuck is Jack Ryan?!??…..
No but seriously this story is absolutely insane and reads like a sub-par movie script, but it’s all real. Pretty wild stuff.
Oh – those are some rare charges I believe.
Dog we invaded a whole ass country and permanently destabilized the region over fake nuclear material what was this dude thinking
So Burma/Myanmar has a nuclear weapons program?
Anata wa baka
Jokes aside, the fact that nuclear materials are being trafficked by criminal organizations is fucking scary as hell.
Wake up, babe, new anime just dropped
Sounds like the plot for the new Yakuza Like a Dragon game
I wish so badly I either would have become some sort of undercover operative or that I could just be a fly on the wall during these big time criminal conspiracies. There’s a clandestine lab somewhere in Burma producing tons of nuclear material? There’s a yakuza guy there brokering the deals? They also deal in hardcore military grade weaponry? They thought they were selling it to Iran? Maybe it’s just because finished the sopranos and I’m on an organized crime kick but god damn it’s all so interesting, even if it’s fucked up and dangerous.
Well, the fact he’s in the news means he probably won’t go to a black site.
Dame da ne
Dame yo
Dame na no yo
And he was only half way. His buyer was a dea agent, but this closer than any news I’ve heard ever
>“As alleged, the defendants in this case trafficked in drugs, weapons, and nuclear material — going so far as to offer uranium and weapons-grade plutonium fully expecting that Iran would use it for nuclear weapons. This is an extraordinary example of the depravity of drug traffickers who operate with total disregard for human life. I commend the men and women of DEA and this prosecution team for their tireless work to protect us from such evil.”
This confirms that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons. There’s no other reason to attempt the acquisition of weapons-grade plutonium.
So much for the bullshit about yakuza having honor when they’re encouraging nuclear proliferation…and in non-Japan countries to boot.
Hand him over, the rest of yall tell ur friends
Cyberpunk ass headline
Who in Burma has weapons grade plutonium to sell?!??!??!!
bro this is literally the plot of like a dragon infinite wealth
Impressive
What is the Tojo clan doing 🤦♂️
Yakuzas with nukes? Who are they at war with