DPRK sanctions evasion: "comingling" of coal

Illicit Financing

North Korea has 'laundered' its coal through Russian ports, contravening UN sanctions. The DPRK is suspected of having shipped coal to a port in Russia, and departed with, at least in part, Russian coal, in what is described as a sanctions-busting scheme. The scheme appears to also have been facilitated by the use of front companies, as well as Chinese-…