불법으로 석탄을 운송하던 북한 선박, 2발의 미사일 발사 수시간후, 경제봉쇄 정책위반으로 검거, 미국이 발표.
불법으로 석탄을 실어 나르던 북한선박이 북한공산집단을 견제하기위한 국제경제봉쇄 정책 위반으로 해상경계팀에 검거됐다고 미국 법무부가 목요일 발표했는데, 이검거는 북한이 불법으로 두발의 미사일 발사시험을 한지 불과 몇시간만에 행해진 조치라고 한다.
Wise Honest로 불리는 17,061톤급의 은둔의 왕국 북한의 소속으로 평시에 불법으로 석탄과, 중장비를 실어 나르던 화물선이었다고 한다.
한국의 문재인 정부는 분명, 미국으로 부터 통보를 받았을텐데...이시간 현재 꿀먹은 벙어리다.
자세한 내용은 아래 관련기사를 보면 된다.
A North Korean
cargo vessel used to transport coal was seized in violation of
international sanctions against the rogue regime, the U.S. Justice
Department announced Thursday, just hours after the hermit kingdom fired
two suspected short-range missiles.
The
17,061-ton vessel, called the Wise Honest, is one of North Korea’s
largest bulk carriers used to illicitly ship coal from North Korea and
deliver heavy machinery to the Hermit Kingdom, officials said. U.S.
Attorney Geoffrey Berman said this is the first time a North Korean
cargo ship was seized for violating international sanctions.
“This
sanctions-busting ship is now out of service,” Assistant Attorney
General Demers said in a news release. “North Korea, and the companies
that help it evade U.S. and U.N. sanctions, should know that we will use
all tools at our disposal — including a civil forfeiture action such as
this one or criminal charges — to enforce the sanctions enacted by the
U.S. and the global community.
This undated photo released by the U.S. Justice Dept, Thursday,
May 9, 2019, shows the North Korean cargo ship Wise Honest. The Trump
administration says it has seized a North Korean cargo ship that U.S.
officials say was used to transport coal in violation of international
sanctions.
Berman said Thursday that Kim's regime was
evading sanctions by “concealing” Wise Honest’s origin. The ship was
used by Korea Songi Shipping Company between November 2016 and April
2018 to export coal from North Korea in exchange for machinery, court
documents stated. Those who worked with the company would allegedly then
lie about the origin of the vessel and where the coal came from by
listing different countries for its nationality in shipping
documentation.
“We are willing and able to deploy the full array
of law enforcement tools to detect, deter, and prosecute North Korea’s
deceptive attempts to evade sanctions,” Berman said.
The shipping
company would pay for repairs and equipment using American dollars
obtained through “unwitting” U.S. financial institutions, which violated
sanctions barring North Korean citizens or entities from the U.S.
financial system. Foreign maritime authorities intercepted a coal
shipment in April 2018, court documents stated, and officials later
discovered more than $750,000 in payments were made through American
banks.
The ship is in U.S. custody as of Thursday and heading to American Samoa.
David
Maxwell, a retired Army Special Operations Colonel with more than 20
years served in Asia, said the U.S. had been tracking the vessel.
“The
United States has certainly been tracking the Wise Honest, and others,
and may have been waiting for it to be in the right location or the
right time to have the best political effect. It takes considerable
intelligence work and the right assets in the right location to make a
seizure like this.”
On
Thursday, at least one projectile the Hermit Kingdom launched was from
the Sino-ri area of North Pyongan province, an area known to have one of
North Korea's oldest missile bases where a brigade operates mid-range
Rodong missiles, South Korea's military said, adding later that there
were two launches from the nearby town of Kusong. The town is the same
location where North Korea conducted its first successful flight tests
of its Hwasong-12 intermediate-range missile and Hwasong-14
intercontinental ballistic missile, both in 2017.
The
U.S. Air Force on Thursday also tested a Minuteman 3 intercontinental
ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California as part
of a scheduled ICBMs test. Officials said the launch was unrelated to
current events.
Trump, who met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in late February for the second U.S.-North Korea summit,
told reporters at the White House on Thursday that "nobody's happy"
about the recent rocket launches. He added that "we're looking" at the
situation "very seriously right now." CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP
Fox News' Jake Gibson and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Katherine Lam is a breaking and trending news digital producer for Fox News. Follow her on Twitter at @bykatherinelam
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