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| NORK Ships Change Names to Evade International Sanctions |
| 2018-03-01 |
| And, as usual, the ChiComs are not helping (understatement of the week). [GCaptain] As Washington and Seoul try to maintain a unified front against North Korea, the case of two cargo ships shows how Kim Jong Un's regime keeps finding ways to evade increasingly tough international sanctions aimed at halting its nuclear weapons program. Both vessels have gone through repeated changes of names and owners, part of an international shell game that has undercut the escalating sanctions led by the U.S. and backed by the United Nations. President Donald Trump's administration has vowed to maintain its "maximum pressure" campaign on North Korea even as America’s ally, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, pursues a fragile detente sparked by the Olympics. |
| Posted by:Jeretch Slesh9972 |
| #5 "Sir, according to Starfleet registry, that ship does not exist..." "Make it so, Lieutenant..." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-03-01 15:24 |
| #4 Do they change their transponders too, or just turn them off? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-03-01 12:26 |
| #3 Sailing under a false flag is not a new tactic. Pirates in the old days did such things, hanging the pirates helped stop the practice. Time to bring back the tried and true. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-03-01 09:40 |
| #2 If they change their names but disappear at sea, would anyone know (other than the money launderers)? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-03-01 09:27 |
| #1 Acoustic signatures still work, but holes in the hulls may prove to be more betterer. |
| Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2018-03-01 09:22 |