The Yakuza working with Thai nationals in Manhattan, of all places, to buy drugs, and weapons to be sent to unstable regions. It's like something out of a bad Hollywood movie, so outrageously clumsy and improbable that it makes no sense at all.
I'm willing to believe the charges are made up and that these people need to "go away" for other reasons.
> It's like something out of a bad Hollywood movie, so outrageously clumsy and improbable that it makes no sense at all.
That sort of shit happened after the Balkan wars, too. A lot of weaponry from that era, anything from WW1-era guns to modern grenades, found its way into virtually every major conflict zone in the world, and to this day, if you speak good enough Croatian and somewhat know whom to ask and how, you can buy all kinds of arms - just recently, a group connected to various factions of the German far-right got hauled in front of the courts for a weapons smuggling ring [1].
I'm willing to believe the charges are made up and that these people need to "go away" for other reasons.