A North Korean national has used a network of companies in Thailand and Laos to illicitly import brandy and other goods for the regime and access the international financial system in violation of U.N. sanctions, according to a new U.N. Panel of Experts report.

The panel overseeing the DPRK sanctions regime recommended the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) designate the 55-year-old North Korean national Nam Chol Ung over his activities, though division on the UNSC has impeded new sanctions for years.

According to the report released Wednesday, Nam imported lubricating oil from a Thai company for the Sobaeksu United Corporation, a