US seizes Singapore-owned tanker used to deliver oil to North Korea

This handout image obtained on July 30, 2021, courtesy of the US Department of Justice shows oil tanker M/T Courageous docked in an undisclosed location and date. - A U.S. federal court on July 30, 2021, ordered the seizure of an oil tanker suspected of making deliveries to North Korea in violation of US sanctions against Pyongyang. The M/T Courageous allegedly made transfers of petroleum products to North Korean-flagged vessels, and also made deliveries to the North Korean port of Nampo, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement, citing documents in the court file. - AFP

WASHINGTON, July 31 (AFP): The United States on Friday (July 20) seized a Singapore-owned oil tanker that was used to make illegal oil deliveries to North Korea, the Justice Department said.

A New York federal judge issued a judgment of forfeiture authorizing the United States to take ownership of the M/T Courageous, which is currently in Cambodia.