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Leader of Japanese crime syndicate pleads guilty to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials to Iran (apnews.com)
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The purported leader of a Japan-based crime syndicate pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges alleging that he conspired to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar in the belief that Iran would use it for nuclear weapons.

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[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 months ago

Based on documentaries I've watched on the situation in Myanmar, I had assumed it was the junta overseeing those mining operations. One of the insurgent forces having control and access to those materials is pretty wild.