President
Barack Obama has proposed additional sanctions against North Korea to stifle the arms smuggling schemes and illegal activities
by the government. The sanctions are aimed specifically Office 39 - a secret
branch of the North Korean government that manages slush funds and raise funds
for management, including drug trafficking. Penalties are also for
infrastructure in North Korea to import and export of conventional weapons - Green Pine
Associated Corporation and its parent, the General Reconnaissance Office and
the Bureau Commander, Lt. Gen. Kim Yong Chol.
Other
units have two days of trading companies, Korea Taesong Trading Company and
Korea Heungjin Trading Company, which acted on behalf of North Korean arms
dealer KOMID in transactions involving Iran and Syria.
"The order gives the
government new authority to the United States to go after the arms sales and
the acquisition of goods, money laundering, counterfeiting and other illicit
financial activities that enrich the highest levels of government North Korea
while the North Korean people suffer, "Under Secretary Terrorism and
Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey, said that after Obama issued an executive
order. Noting that the world is well aware of North Korea the government's
illegal activity and his belligerent behavior, Levey said, decided that North
Korea has continued provocations - as the unprovoked attack Cheonan South
Korean warship in March of this year led to the sinking of the ship and killing
46 sailors, his test of a nuclear weapon and missile launches in 2009, its
violations of UN resolutions 1718 and 1874, and its misleading and deceptive
the international markets - justify additional sanctions.
Destructive, that the North Korean
government is to help identify the cash flow from a series of illegal
activities. The North Korean government to help preserve his authority and
placate the privileged elite of money and benefits, such articles luxuries such
as jewelry, luxury cars and yachts," he said. "Besides that violate
the UN Security Council Resolution 1718, but are not, given that many of North Korea live in extreme poverty," Levey said, adding that the
North Korean government gets millions of dollars each year for exports weapons
are prohibited by the UN Security Council resolutions.