Mun Chol Myong, the first North Korean national ever extradited to the U.S., has effectively served a 45-month sentence for an array of money laundering charges, the Justice Department announced Friday.
The decision comes after years of legal back-and-forth as Mun’s attorneys and government prosecutors continued to uncover evidence and marks a victory for the U.S. sanctions regime.
Mun Chol Myong, the first North Korean national ever extradited to the U.S., has effectively served a 45-month sentence for an array of money laundering charges, the Justice Department announced Friday.
The decision comes after years of legal back-and-forth as Mun’s attorneys and government prosecutors continued to uncover evidence and marks a victory for the U.S. sanctions regime.
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