NEW YORK — 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. Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, of Japan, entered the plea in Manhattan federa»»»

NEW YORK - 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. Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, of Japan, entered the plea in Manhattan federa»»»

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said that Friday's arrest of two Chinese nationals who worked for a company that produced chemicals to make fentanyl, was part of a continued effort to crack down on drug trafficking. File Photo by Al Drago/UPI | License Photo June 23 (UPI) -- The Justice Depar»»»

close Video A New York City man was arrested this week after police say they found $7 million worth of fentanyl in a Bronx apartment stashed inside a hidden compartment in a coffee table. Samuel Rojas-Camacho, 59, is charged with first and third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance »»»

(Reuters) -The premier of the British Virgin Islands was arrested in Miami on Thursday for alleged money laundering and conspiracy to import cocaine, according to a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) complaint reviewed by Reuters. Andrew Fahie was arrested at a Miami airport along with the »»»

Colombia's President Iván Duque says some of the Colombian suspects in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse had "detailed knowledge" of the plan to kill the leader. Mr Moïse was shot dead last week in his home and his wife injured. Haitian police say a group of mercenaries mainly ma»»»

A Guatemalan politician who had dreams of becoming his nation's next president was arrested in Miami for allegedly promising Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel full access to his country's ports and airports for their drug trafficking in return for them funding his political campaign. The candidate, Mario Est»»»

New York. A Guatemalan presidential candidate has been charged with conspiring to import cocaine to the United States in a bid to secure cartel funds for his election, the Justice Department said Wednesday, cited by AFP. Candidate Mario Amilcar Estrada Orellana and another alleged conspirator, Juan»»»