Sanctioned by US for buying vanadium ore from a company tied to DPRK’s atomic energy agency
Category: entity
GEFEST-M
Allegedly procured metals for a North Korean mining company with a Moscow office
EAST GRAND SHIPPING
Controlled by Hiroshi Kasatsugu, a notorious DPRK enabler
MERIT SHIP MARITIME
A subsidiary of Total Bless International, owns the Grand Hope
KARO HOLDINGS
Linked to Korea Kunhae through joint administrative duties for a small North Korean cargo ship
TOTAL BLESS INTERNATIONAL
Controls the Grand Hope, a North Korean ship, suspected to be part of a sanctions evasion network
KOREA KUNHAE
Linked to weapons smuggling and sanctions evasion networks
RUNGRADO TRADING CORPORATION
Sanctioned by US for transporting North Korean workers around Asia
RYUSONG SHIPPING
The North Korean affiliate of Sea Star Hong Kong Shipping
KOREA RUNGRADO SHIPPING COMPANY
Probable subdivision of Rungrado Trading Corporation