A North Korean buyer purchased a helicopter from a Russian vendor in March 2019, according to U.S. court documents cited in a new U.N. report, cargo that would have likely breached multiple international sanctions if delivered.

Sim Hyon Sop, a sanctioned North Korean representative of the Korea Kwangson Banking Corporation, allegedly worked with a group of Chinese nationals and companies acting as middlemen for the DPRK to procure the helicopter, transaction details in the U.S. court documents from Nov. 2022  reveal.

“The contract stated the helicopter was located in Khabarovsk, Russia, and would be delivered to a port in North