NEW: The United States has seized a North Korean cargo ship that had been operating in violation of United Nations sanctions, federal prosecutors will announce Thursday.
The United States has seized a North Korean cargo ship that had been operating in violation of United Nations sanctions, federal prosecutors will announce Thursday.
The ship is part of a fleet of ghost vessels that North Korea has been using to flout sanctions and export millions of dollars’ worth of coal. According to a recent report from the U.N. Security Council, the proceeds help finance North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. North Korea disguises ships like Wise Honest by painting fake names on the hulls, stealing identification numbers from other ships and by making ship-to-ship transfers of coal at sea, to avoid inspections at ports.
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