US charges 33 entities with violating North Korea sanctions
(VOVWORLD) - The US government on Thursday charged 28 North Korean and five Chinese individuals with facilitating more than 2.5 billion USD in illegal payments for North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile program as part of a clandestine global network.
 North Korea’s Hwasong-15 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (Photo: KCNA/VOV) |
With this indictment, the US has signaled its commitment to blocking North Korea from illegally accessing the US financial system and using proceeds from these actions to pursue its banned weapons of mass destruction program.