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Above the East China Sea, seven soldiers aboard the French military ship Falcon are drawn like crossbows. The radar located in the nose of the plane detected “big» vessel that does not appear to be using the mandatory Automatic Maritime Identification System (AIS). This strange anonymity, among hundreds of commercial and fishing boats, gives rise to the suspicion that he is there for illegal activities; perhaps of interest to these soldiers on UN-mandated patrols. North Korea is indeed subject to a sanctions program that significantly limits its imports of petroleum products, coal and steel. Therefore, it seeks to circumvent these sanctions by acquiring these materials through high seas transportation. To document these violations, the UN Security Council’s Enforcement Coordination Cell (ECC) coordinates air and naval patrols in new…
Source: Le Figaro
