The U.S. tightened its financial restrictions on North Korea, slapping sanctions on Chinese and Russian entities it accused of assisting Pyongyang’s development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, and also seeking millions of dollars it said moved through the U.S.
Prosecutors in Washington, D.C., sought to recover $11 million from companies based in China and Singapore that they accused of conspiring with North Korea to evade sanctions. In complaints filed Tuesday in federal court in the District of Columbia, they accused the companies of laundering dollars through U.S. accounts on behalf of sanctioned entities in North Korea .... https://www.bloomberg.com
