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North Korea reflagging ships to evade sanctions - UN (BBC)
A North Korea shipping company has been renaming and reflagging its vessels so it can evade an arms embargo, a UN report has said.
North Korea is subject to strict sanctions because of its nuclear weapons programme.
The sanctions were extended to Ocean Maritime Management (OMM) last year after one of its ships was found to be importing weapons from Cuba.
The UN Security Council is to discuss the report on Thursday.
The report, from a panel of experts monitoring the sanctions, said OMM had renamed 13 of its 14 ships, and transferred their ownership to shell companies, which meant they were effectively erased from the blacklist database.
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more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31635564