On 17 December 2017, an Australian man was charged for violating the United Nations (“UN“) and Australian North Korea sanctions regime. According to the Australian Federal Police (“AFP“), the man acted as an economic agent for the Government of North Korea in Australia. The AFP have alleged, that he was involved in brokering the sale of missiles and missile components and expertise from North Korea to other international entities and attempting to transfer coal from North Korea to entities in Indonesia and Vietnam.
The official AFP press release can be found here.