Japan reports another suspected case of North Korea sanctions violation

Japan has reported to the United Nations another suspected case of goods being transferred at sea to a North Korean tanker from a small vessel with what appeared to be a Chinese flag, in violation of U.N. sanctions, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.This is the latest in a series of illicit ship-to-ship transfers involving North Korean and foreign-registered vessels, exposed by the Japanese government since late January.A North Korean tanker and vessel of unknown nationality were spotted alongside each other in the East China Sea in the early hours of May 19 by a Japanese patrol aircraft an…READ FULL ARTICLE