Shadow trade: how North Korea’s barter trade violates United Nations sanctions
(Stockholm, 17 July 2013) Barter trade in essential goods and long-standing diplomatic relations are key to understanding the most recent attempted violation of the United Nations arms embargo on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, North Korea). Expert Comment by SIPRI Researchers Hugh Griffiths and Lawrence Dermody. On 16 July the President of Panama …