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Weekly Roundup: Asian Banks Allegedly Helped North Korea Evade Sanctions, Canada Passes ‘Magnitsky’ Sanctions Law, and More

U.N. experts and U.S. Treasury officials identified dozens of banks and businesses in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and West Africa that allegedly helped North Korean firms circumvent international sanctions, The Wall Street Journal reported. More U.S. and European grocery stores may have sold seafood prepared by forced North Korean laborers in China whose salaries help finance Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, according to shipping records cited by the Associated Press. More Canadian lawmakers passed legislation enabling Ottawa to seize the domestic assets of foreign nationals who profit from human rights abuses, the Globe and Mail said. More U.S. officials said...

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