No matter how many sanctions or other avenues attempted, North Korea always finds a “partner” to help – PB/TK
U.S. Treasury considering all tools to stop North Korea financing: official – / May 13 2017
The U.S. Treasury is considering all of its available tools to deny North Korea access to the international financial system to rein in its nuclear weapons and missile development programs, a senior Treasury official said on Saturday.
“We are entertaining all of the tools in our arsenal, including programs that come from TFI and OFAC offices and similar ones to try to stop them,” the official told reporters before news broke that North Korea had fired another ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan.
The official was referring to sanctions and other programs administered by the Treasury’s Terrorism and Financial Intelligence division and the Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“We don’t comment on future sanctions, but we’re obviously going to consider every tool in our arsenal to combat any illicit activity and terror financing,” the official said.
North Korea fired a ballistic missile from a region near its west coast that flew 700 km (430 miles), South Korea’s military said, days after a new leader took office in the South pledging to engage in dialogue with Pyongyang.
Earlier on Saturday, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he made efforts to combat terrorism and illicit finance, which includes sanctions on North Korea, a key focus of his discussions with his counterparts from the Group of Seven industrial economies.
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