Singapore charges three men over alleged oil transfer to North Korea

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Singapore charges three men over alleged oil transfer to North Korea

Police accuse the men of destroying evidence of a possible ship-to-ship transfer involving a Singaporean tanker in 2018

Ethan Jewell September 16, 2022

Singapore charges three men over alleged oil transfer to North Korea

A North Korean-flagged oil tanker in 2010 | Image: U.S. Navy Photo via Wikimedia Commons

Singapore has charged three men with destroying evidence of illicit oil transfers to North Korea, the city-state’s police force said Thursday.

According to a press release, the men allegedly conspired to falsify shipping documents that may have shown that the Sea Tanker II (IMO 9664483), a 3,600-deadweight-ton oil tanker, transferred gasoil to North Korea-flagged vessels in or before Oct. 2018.

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Ethan Jewell is a Seoul-based correspondent for NK News focused on sanctions, trade and maritime issues. He previously worked as an investigations and intelligence specialist for Pinkerton Comprehensive Risk Management and as a research intern for the Brookings Institution's Center for East Asia Policy Studies. Follow Ethan on Twitter @EthanJewell

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