UK Says It Has Seen Ships Breaching North Korea Sanctions
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London: Britain said on Sunday it had collected evidence of multiple ships from various nationalities apparently breaching United Nations sanctions against North Korea which ban the sale of fuel to the country British frigate HMS Richmond has been participating in UN sanctions enforcement operations within the region.
“HMS Richmond’s deployment within the East China Sea identified ships acting in suspected breach of UN sanctions and tracked vessels which had previously not been flagged to the Enforcement Coordination Cell,” Defence minister Ben Wallace said during a statement.
The statement didn’t detail those thought to be in breach of the sanctions, but said “multiple ships of varied nationalities” had been identified North Korea is under strict international sanctions imposed over its nuclear weapons and missile programmes. Talks aimed toward persuading Pyongyang to offer up those weapons reciprocally for lifting sanctions are stalled Earlier this month, a U.S.-based research group said during a report that smugglers suspected of evading sanctions on North Korea have turned to schemes to make fraudulent identities for sanctioned ships.
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