Chinese e-commerce vendors appear to be openly selling North Korean goods and offering to smuggle products on demand as part of what one expert said may constitute a government-sanctioned scheme to violate U.N. sanctions.

NK Newsfound dozens of listings on Chinese e-commerce platforms in which Chinese vendors offered “daigou” or cross-border shopping in North Korea. The practice involves Chinese customers employing a middleman to make purchases in foreign countries on their behalf in order to bypass visa and tax requirements, as well as reduce the likelihood that products are counterfeit. Normally it is associated with high-quality goods such as