The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control Tuesday put more entities and individuals from China, Russia, Singapore and Namibia on the North Korea sanctions list.
OFAC said the blocked companies and people bought coal, minerals or oil from North Korea or supported its weapons programs.
OFAC said four Russian individuals and two Singapore-based companies were designated for their involvement in North Korea’s oil trade.
The Singapore companies tried to use the “U.S. financial system to send millions of dollars in payments on behalf of North Korea-related transactions,” OFAC said.
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said in a statement Tuesday: “It is unacceptable for individuals and companies in China, Russia, and elsewhere to enable North Korea to generate income used to develop weapons of mass destruction and destabilize the region.”
OFAC also targeted an individual and a company in Namibia for supplying overseas labor to North Korea.
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Here are OFAC’s August 22, 2017 North Korea Designations:
The following individuals have been added to OFAC’s SDN [Specially Designated Nationals] List:
CHI, Yupeng, Room 301, Unit 1, No. 129 Jiangcheng Street, Yuanbao District, Dandong City, Liaoning Province, China; DOB 22 May 1969; nationality China; Gender Male; Passport E27979708 (China); National ID No. 210602196905220510 (China); Chairman and Majority Owner, Dandong Zhicheng Metallic Material Co., Ltd. (individual) [DPRK3] (Linked To: DANDONG ZHICHENG METALLIC MATERIAL CO., LTD.).
HUISH, Irina Igorevna, Russia; DOB 18 Jan 1973; Gender Female (individual) [DPRK3] (Linked To: VELMUR MANAGEMENT PTE LTD).
KIM, Tong-chol, 34 Herbst Street, Windhoek, Namibia; DOB 07 Aug 1968; POB North Korea; Gender Male; Passport 472336944 issued 10 Sep 2012 expires 10 Sep 2017; Managing Director, Mansudae Overseas Projects; Director, Mansudae Overseas Projects Architectural and Technical Services (PTY) Ltd.; Deputy Managing Director, Qingdao Construction (Namibia) CC (individual) [DPRK3] (Linked To: MANSUDAE OVERSEAS PROJECT GROUP OF COMPANIES; Linked To: MANSUDAE OVERSEAS PROJECTS ARCHITECTURAL AND TECHNICAL SERVICES (PTY) LIMITED; Linked To: QINGDAO CONSTRUCTION (NAMIBIA) CC).
KIRAKOSYAN, Ruben Ruslanovich, Russia; DOB 03 Mar 1980; citizen Russia; Gender Male (individual) [NPWMD] (Linked To: GEFEST-M LLC; Linked To: KOREA TANGUN TRADING CORPORATION).
PISKLIN, Mikhail Yur’evich, Russia; DOB 01 Dec 1980; Gender Male; Passport 71 0588176 (individual) [DPRK3].
SERBIN, Andrey, Russia; DOB 01 Nov 1986; Gender Male (individual) [DPRK3].
The following entities have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:
DANDONG RICH EARTH TRADING CO., LTD., Jiadi Square, Number 64, Binjiang Middle Road, Room 1001, Building B, Dandong City, Liaoning, China [NPWMD] (Linked To: KOREA KUMSAN TRADING CORPORATION).
DANDONG TIANFU TRADE CO., LTD. (Chinese Simplified: 丹东天富贸易有限公司), No. 5, Shiwei Road, Zhenxing District, Dandong City, China [DPRK3].
DANDONG ZHICHENG METALLIC MATERIAL CO., LTD. (Chinese Simplified: 丹东至诚金属材料有限公司) (a.k.a. DANDONG CHENGTAI; a.k.a. DANDONG CHISONG METAL MATERIALS COMPANY; a.k.a. DANDONG ZHICHENG METAL MATERIALS CO., LTD; a.k.a. DANDONG ZHICHENG METALLIC MINERAL CO., LIMITED), Dandong, Liaoning, China [DPRK3].
GEFEST-M LLC, Office 401, Structure 1, Building 1, Chermyanskaya Street, Moscow 127081, Russia; Office Space 5, Room 18, Building 5/7 Rozhdestvenka Street, Moscow 107031, Russia [NPWMD] (Linked To: KOREA TANGUN TRADING CORPORATION).
JINHOU INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (Chinese Simplified: 金猴集团国际控股有限公司), No. 106, Heping Road, Weihai, Shandong, China [DPRK3].
MANSUDAE OVERSEAS PROJECTS ARCHITECTURAL AND TECHNICAL SERVICES (PTY) LIMITED, Namibia; Registration ID 2001/044 (Namibia) [DPRK3] (Linked To: MANSUDAE OVERSEAS PROJECT GROUP OF COMPANIES).
MINGZHENG INTERNATIONAL TRADING LIMITED, Flat/RM A30 9/F, Silvercorp International Tower, 707-713 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Mong Kok, Hong Kong; 224-4 Shifa Da Lu, RM 1305, Heping District, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, China [NPWMD] (Linked To: FOREIGN TRADE BANK OF THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA; Linked To: SUN, Wei).
QINGDAO CONSTRUCTION (NAMIBIA) CC, ERF 338, Platinum Street, Prosperita, Windhoek, Namibia; P.O. Box 26774, Windhoek, Namibia; Registration ID 2008/0598 (Namibia) [DPRK3] (Linked To: MANSUDAE OVERSEAS PROJECTS ARCHITECTURAL AND TECHNICAL SERVICES (PTY) LIMITED; Linked To: MANSUDAE OVERSEAS PROJECT GROUP OF COMPANIES).
TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERS PTE. LTD., 10 Anson Road, #29-05A, International Plaza 079903, Singapore [DPRK3].
VELMUR MANAGEMENT PTE LTD, 2 Marina Blvd., No. 66-08, The Sail at Marina Bay 018987, Singapore [DPRK3] (Linked To: TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERS PTE. LTD.).
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