U.S. says Russian ship suspected of illicit North Korea trade

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U.S. says Russian ship suspected of illicit North Korea trade
Polina Nikolskaya

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The U.S. government has named a Russian ship on a list of vessels suspected of providing fuel to Pyongyang, a month after Reuters reported the same ship violated sanctions by carrying out a clandestine transfer to a North Korean tanker.

The Treasury Department, which oversees U.S. sanctions, included the Russian vessel, the Tantal, on a new list of “vessels believed to have engaged in ship-to-ship transfers with North Korean tankers.”

The list was included in updated here guidance on addressing North Korea's illicit shipping practices published by the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Inclusion on the list does not denote a ship or its owners are being put under sanctions.

Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-sanctions-russia-ofac/u-s-says-russian-ship-suspected-of-illicit-north-korea-trade-idUSKCN1R3208