April 25, 2024
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Cambodia seizes oil tanker tied to North Korea sanctions evasion

"Courageous" alleged to have been involved in ship-to-ship transfers

Cambodian authorities over the weekend took an oil tanker with ties to illicit North Korean ship-to-ship transfers into custody, a statement from the country's General Commissariat of Police said Sunday.

The ship, named in the statement as the Courageous (IMO number 8617524), carried a crew of 16, and is currently being detained pending further investigation by local legal authorities.

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