U.S. seizes sanctions-busting North Korean bulker
The United States has seized a sanctions-busting North Korean bulker not on the high seas, but through the filing of a civil forfeiture complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern
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Latest U.S. North Korea sanctions target shipping
FEBRUARY 26, 2018 — The latest U.S. sanctions on North Korea are aimed at disrupting shipping and trading companies and vessels to further isolate the regime and advance the U.S. maximum pressure
South Korea detains second ship suspected of sanctions breaking
JANUARY 2, 2018 — South Korea has detained another Chinese-owned vessel suspected of supplying oil to North Korea in breach of UN sanctions. Korean media report that the Panamanian-flagged products tanker Koti
Hong Kong flag ship suspected of breaking North Korea sanctions
DECEMBER 29, 2017 — A Hong Kong registered vessel has been seized in South Korea, after it was suspected of violating UN sanctions by trading oil with North Korea. Arirang News reports
New U.S. sanctions target North Korean shipping
NOVEMBER 22, 2017 — As part of U.S. efforts to disrupt North Korea’s funding of its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control
Trump targets ports, shipping in new North Korea sanctions
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017 —A new executive order signed by President Trump yesterday aims to cut North Korea out of the international banking system and targets its major industries, ports and shipping. Among
OFAC adds Singapore shipping company to sanctions list
JULY 24, 2015 — The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued a notice updating its list of specially designated nationals (SDNs) under the North Korean economic sanctions to
Singapore company charged in North Korea missile ship case
JUNE 11, 2014 — Singapore has filed criminal charges against a Singapore registered shipping company and a Singapore citizen in connection with last year’s incident in which Panamanian authorities found two Soviet-era