Ua hoʻolaha ka US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) i kēia lā i ke koho ʻana i kahi hui Lūkini i kōkua iā North Korea i ka pale ʻana i nā hoʻopaʻi e komo i ka ʻōnaehana kālā honua. Hoʻokumu ka hana o kēia lā i ka Russian Financial Society i kākau inoa ʻia e like me ka Executive Order (EO) 13382 no ka hāʻawi ʻana, a i ʻole hoʻāʻo e hoʻolako, kālā, waiwai, ʻenehana, a i ʻole kākoʻo ʻē aʻe no, a i ʻole nā waiwai a i ʻole nā lawelawe e kākoʻo ana iā Dandong Zhongsheng i koho ʻia e US. Industry & Trade Co. Ltd (Dandong Zhongsheng), he hui nona a hoʻomalu ʻia e, pololei a ʻaʻole pololei paha, US- a me United Nations (UN) -designed Foreign Trade Bank (FTB), ʻo ka panakō hoʻololi haole mua o North Korea.
"Ke hoʻomau nei ka waihona kālā i ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana o US a me UN e kūʻē i nā poʻe a me nā hui ma Rūsia a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ke kālepa kolohe me North Korea. ʻO ka poʻe e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻopuni i kā mākou mau mana e hāʻawi i ka DPRK i ke komo ʻana i nā mākeke kālā o ka honua e hōʻike iā lākou iho i ka pilikia nui, "wahi a Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Sigal Mandelker.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Russian Financial Society e hāʻawi i nā lawelawe kālā i North Korea ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o kā lākou laikini hui kālā ʻole, e hiki ai i ka Russian Financial Society ke hana i nā kālā ʻē aʻe. Ua hāʻawi ʻo Russian Financial Society i nā waihona waihona kālā no Dandong Zhongsheng i koho ʻia e OFAC a i kahi luna nui o North Korea o Korea Zinc Industrial Group, i koho ʻia no ka hana ʻana i ka ʻoihana mining ma ka ʻoihana ʻĀkau o Korea a no ka kūʻai ʻana, hoʻolako a hoʻololi ʻana i ka zinc. mai Korea ʻĀkau, kahi e loaʻa ai nā waiwai a i ʻole nā waiwai e pono ai ke aupuni o North Korea.
Mai ka liʻiliʻi o 2017 a hoʻomau i ka makahiki 2018, ua wehe ʻo Russian Financial Society i nā waihona waihona kālā no Dandong Zhongsheng. ʻO kēia mau hana i hiki ai iā North Korea ke pale aku i ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana o US a me UN no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻōnaehana kālā honua i mea e loaʻa ai ka loaʻa kālā no ka papahana nuklea a ke aupuni Kim.
Ua koho ʻia ʻo Dandong Zhongsheng e ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa no ka mālama ʻia ʻana e, pololei a ʻole paha, FTB, he hui nona ka waiwai a me nā pono i kāohi ʻia e like me EO 13382. ʻO Han Jang Su, ka luna nui o FTB ma Moscow, ua hana nui i ka loaʻa ʻana. nā lawelawe panakō mai ka Russian Financial Society. Ua koho ʻia ʻo Han Jang Su e ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma Malaki 31, 2017, no ka hana ʻana no a i ʻole ma ka ʻaoʻao o, pololei a ʻole paha, FTB. Ua koho ʻia ʻo Han Jang Su lāua ʻo FTB e ke Kōmike ʻAha Kūkākūkā o UN e like me ka Resolution 1718 (2006).
ʻO ka Russian Financial Society ka hui kālā hou o Rūsia i ʻae ʻia e OFAC no ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā lawelawe kālā i North Korea. I ʻAukake 2018, ua koho ʻo OFAC i ka Bank Agrosoyuz Commercial Bank i kākau inoa ʻia ma Rūsia no ka ʻike ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i kahi kālepa koʻikoʻi ma ka inoa o Han Jang Su.
Ma muli o ka hana o kēia lā, pono e ālai ʻia a hōʻike ʻia i ka OFAC nā waiwai a me nā pono āpau i ka waiwai o kēia pahuhopu ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Hoʻopaʻa maʻamau nā kānāwai o OFAC i nā hana a pau a ka poʻe US a i ʻole i loko o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (me nā hana e hoʻololi ana i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa) e pili ana i kekahi waiwai a i ʻole nā kuleana i ka waiwai o ka poʻe i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a i koho ʻia.