Four men associated with a Japanese crime syndicate known as “yakuza” have been charged with trying to exchange surface-to-air missiles for drugs.
Four men associated with a Japan-based crime syndicate known as "yakuza" have been charged with trying to negotiate a deal to exchange high-powered weapons for drugs with an undercover U.S. agent, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
The men were arrested earlier this week in Manhattan after a sting operation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration. Prosecutors said the DEA agent infiltrated the organization by posing as an arms dealer eager to trade surface-to-air missiles — presumably meant for warring factions in Myanmar — in exchange for methamphetamine and heroin destined for New York City.
"The expansive reach of transnational criminal networks like the Yakuza presents a serious threat to the safety and health of all communities," DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said in a statement. The defendants made initial appearances in federal court in Manhattan, where they were ordered held without bail, prosecutors said. A message was left with a lawyer for Takeshi Ebisawa, a Japanese national who was singled out as an alleged ringleader of the local crew.
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