A sanctioned North Korean vessel stopped broadcasting its unique identifier numbers in order to circumvent UN sanctions, according to a recently released report from the UN Panel of Experts (PoE).

The ship is one of eight formerly associated with Ocean Maritime Management (OMM) – a designated DPRK weapons smuggler – to have changed names, the report claims.

But the Song Phyong 7 (formerly the Hui Chon) went a step further, failing to broadcast its unique International Maritime Organization (IMO) number while visiting a Russian port.

“One of the above cases involved the Song Phyong 7, which omitted its obligatory IMO