Exclusive: U.S. prepares high-seas crackdown on North Korea sanctions evaders - sources

Reuters Friday, 23 February 2018 ()
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration and key Asian allies are preparing to expand interceptions of ships suspected of violating sanctions on North Korea, a plan that could include deploying U.S. Coast Guard forces to stop and search vessels in Asia-Pacific waters, senior U.S. officials said.
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President Donald Trump's White House announced what it called the largest single tranche of sanctions against North Korea ever. It has revealed the intense level of surveillance and intelligence it's gathered on Pyongyang's illegal trade. The US's new sanctions target one individual, 27 entities, and...

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