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Singapore company charged with shipping alcohol to North Korea

SinSMS Pte. Ltd. accused of shipping wine and spirits worth SGD600,000 over four-month period

A Singapore-based company sanctioned last year by the U.S. Treasury was on Thursday charged with facilitating shipments of alcohol worth SGD600,000 ($432,384) to North Korea.

SinSMS Pte. Ltd. — an affiliate of the China-based Dalian Sun Moon Star International Logistics Trading Co. — stands accused of shipping wine and spirits to the DPRK between October 2016 and January 2017.

Channel News Asia reports that the company shipped alcohol to North Korea via the city of Dalian four times, with the value of the shipments ranging from $96,317 and $144,908 in value.

The company has reportedly been handed four charges of violating Singapore’s United Nations (Sanctions