New sanctions against North Korea

Washington has slapped new sanctions on Chinese and Russian entities for allegedly supporting North Korea’s nuclear and missile programmes and is seeking $11 million it said moved through the U.S.

Dandong Rich Earth Trading: Organising prohibited North Korean exports of vanadium ore

Dandong Zhicheng Metallic Materials, Dandong Tianfu, JinHou International: Companies imported nearly US$500 million of North Korean coal between 2013-16

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U.S. is seeking to recover $4m from Dandong Zhicheng’s director Chi Yupeng

Gefest-M: Accused of procuring metals for nuclear and missile programmes. CEO Ruben Kirakosyan sanctioned

Mingzheng International: Alleged money laundering for blacklisted North Korean Foreign Trade Bank

Velmur Management, Transatlantic Partners: Helped North Korea buy fuel from Russia-based JSC

U.S. has issued so-called “damming seizure warrants” involving eight of world’s biggest banks, alleging they processed more than $700m of “prohibited” transactions with entities linked to North Korea

Three Russians – Mikhail Pisklin, Andrey Serbin, Irina Huish – sanctioned for trading via Singapore. U.S. is seeking to recover $7m from Velmur

Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office  Pictures: Getty Images, Bohai University   © GRAPHIC NEWS