Several sanctioned North Korean vessels passed very near Chinese ports over the last five days, the NK News ship tracker shows.

Under the newest UN resolution passed on March 2, it is against North Korean sanctions to allow 27 ships listed in the document into any port.

The ships included in Resolution 2270 were members of the North Korean fleet linked to Ocean Maritime Management (OMM), a Pyongyang based shipping company known to aid in the DPRK’s weapons smuggling programs.

“(The) vessels specified in Annex III of this resolution are economic resources controlled or operated by OMM and therefore subject