The alleged leader of a crime syndicate based in Japan admitted in federal court Wednesday to charges accusing him of conspiring to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar, believing the materials would be used by Iran to develop nuclear weapons.
The leader of a Japanese crime syndicate was charged with conspiring to traffic nuclear weapons from Burma to other countries, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
Among the documents seized by the FBI from former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home was a document detailing a foreign government’s military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities.
FBI agents who searched the home of former President Donald Trump this week were looking for records relating to nuclear weapons, among other information.
The CEO of a metallurgy company in New York is accused of illegally exporting to Iran a powder that could be used to produce nuclear-tipped rockets.
