The UN Security Council has designated three vessels for allegedly engaging in illegal oil transfers with North Korea.
According to a press release from the UN's sanctions committee,... one North Korea-flagged and two Panama-flagged ships have been sanctioned based on resolutions 23-21 and 23-71,... which prohibit ship-to-ship transfers of oil with the regime.
The ships are believed to have violated the resolutions in May and June this year.
The vessels are subject to de-flagging,... and will be banned from entering the ports of UN member nations.