U.N. body creates database to crack down on illicit N. Korea trade

The International Maritime Organization has started creating a searchable database that will show ships subject to U.N. sanctions, as part of efforts to crack down on illicit North Korean trade, people with knowledge of the matter said Saturday.The database, containing information on those ships, such as their names and numbers to be given by the U.N. specialized agency, will be used by its some 170 member counties.The project comes as the international community still struggles to prevent North Korea from engaging in ship-to-ship transfers of petroleum products and other goods, a practice …READ FULL ARTICLE