NK crackdown?
Despite prospect of talks, sanctions still apply.
The US wants to board North Korean ships in international waters to enforce sanctions — here’s why it might not make a difference
The US is reportedly talking about expanding crackdowns on North Korean ships, along with allies such as Australia, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea.
North Korea currently uses ship-to-ship transfers of sanctioned materials — sometimes in ports and sometimes in international waters — to evade sanctions from the international community. The UN Security Council has passed at least nine resolutions that imposed sanctions on North Korea, and Australia, the EU, Japan, South Korea, and the US have all placed additional sanctions on the country.
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Source: businessinsider.fr
