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posted by Fnord666 on Monday April 02 2018, @04:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the no-coal-for-you dept.

The sanctions are part of a crackdown on smuggling of North Korean commodities in violation of UN sanctions resolutions.

The UN Security Council has blacklisted 27 ships, 21 companies and a businessman for helping North Korea breach sanctions, as the United States keeps up pressure on Pyongyang despite its recent overtures towards talks.

The sanctions were passed on a request from the US and they are part of a global crackdown on the smuggling of North Korean commodities in violation of UN sanctions resolutions, which were adopted in response to Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile tests.

The sanctions designations were approved as the US moves to open talks with North Korea on its nuclear drive, with a summit possible between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un by the end of May.

Despite the diplomatic opening, the US has made clear they will keep the pressure on Pyongyang to shift course by pressing on with sanctions.

"We want to thank the members of the Security Council, as well as Japan and South Korea, for working with us to keep up the pressure and for their commitment to implementing UN Security Council resolutions and holding violators accountable," Haley added on Friday. 

Twenty-one shipping and trading firms were hit by an assets freeze. Three of them are based in Hong Kong including Huaxin Shipping, which delivered shipments of North Korean coal to Vietnam in October.

Twelve North Korean firms were blacklisted for running ships involved in illegal transfers of oil and fuel, according to the document.

Two other companies, Shanghai Dongfeng Shipping and Weihai World Shipping Freight, also based in China, were blacklisted for carrying North Korean coal on their vessels.


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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday April 02 2018, @08:43AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 02 2018, @08:43AM (#661371) Journal

    quietly and oh so deniably sunk?

    Decades ago, scuttlebutt aboard ship had it that there were several Soviet subs sunk offshore of Cape Canaveral, or Cape Kennedy. I initially considered that to be just scuttlebutt. As time went on, and I heard more people making that claim, I began to believe the stories. During the space race, we did not want the soviets watching Cape Canaveral.

    I find it odd, though, that after all these years, I've never seen a "leak", or any documents declassified. Just talk, rumors, and nonsense from shipmates, many of whom should have known what they were talking about.

    But, you are certainly right. Sinking a sub is so easy, and so easily deniable.

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