![]() ![]() It defies logic.”Īlthough Stern was not involved with the deal, he said he learned the details when he became unit chief in 2004 and continues to be troubled by what happened.Īfter the transplant, Goto was again barred from reentering the U.S., said the first law enforcement official, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and therefore requested anonymity.īut Goto continued to receive medical care from Busuttil in Japan. Goto “came to the States and got a liver and was laughing back to where he came from. “I don’t think Goto gave the bureau anything of significance,” Stern said. Goto got his liver, Stern said, but provided the bureau with little useful information on Japanese gangs. The FBI helped Goto obtain a visa to enter the United States in 2001 in exchange for leads on potentially illegal activity in this country by Japanese criminal gangs, said Jim Stern, retired chief of the FBI’s Asian criminal enterprise unit in Washington. Goto leads a gang called the Goto-gumi, which experts describe as vindictive and at times brutal. because of his criminal history, several current and former law enforcement officials said. The most prominent transplant recipient, Tadamasa Goto, had been barred from entering the U.S. ![]()
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