EPISODE · Mar 7, 2026 · 44 MIN
The Yakuza Broker : Inside The Global Nuclear Trafficking Plot
from Plastic Paddy · host Steven Ellis
The Yakuza Broker: Inside the Global Nuclear Trafficking Plot is a true-crime investigative series exploring one of the strangest international criminal cases ever uncovered. What began as a DEA narcotics investigation soon exposed a global network involving methamphetamine and heroin trafficking, battlefield weapons deals, money laundering, and even attempts to broker nuclear materials. At the center of it all was Takeshi Ebisawa, a Yakuza-linked broker whose connections stretched from Japan and Thailand to Myanmar, Europe, and the United States. Through undercover meetings, recorded negotiations, and seized radioactive samples, investigators revealed how modern organized crime can link drug cartels, arms dealers, insurgent conflicts, and nuclear trafficking into a single shadow marketplace.
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The Yakuza Broker: Inside the Global Nuclear Trafficking Plot is a true-crime investigative series exploring one of the strangest international criminal cases ever uncovered. What began as a DEA narcotics investigation soon exposed a global network involving methamphetamine and heroin trafficking, battlefield weapons deals, money laundering, and even attempts to broker nuclear materials. At the center of it all was Takeshi Ebisawa, a Yakuza-linked broker whose connections stretched from Japan and Thailand to Myanmar, Europe, and the United States. Through undercover meetings, recorded negotiations, and seized radioactive samples, investigators revealed how modern organized crime can link drug cartels, arms dealers, insurgent conflicts, and nuclear trafficking into a single shadow marketplace.
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