Sydney man charged with brokering North Korea missile sales
17/12/2017 11:20
A Sydney man has been charged with acting as an agent for North Korea in Australia by allegedly attempting to broker sales worth tens of millions of dollars for Pyongyang that included components used in ballistic missiles.
The Australian Federal Police said Sunday the 59-year-old naturalized Australian used encrypted communication to broker sales and discuss the supply of weapons of mass destruction. Police said, his actions contravened both United Nations and Australian sanctions against North Korea.
Police said the man was acting to generate income for Pyongyang by arranging the sale of computer software used for guiding ballistic missiles as well as expertise from North Korea to other "international entities."
He was also allegedly trying to arrange the transfer of coal from North Korea to Indonesia and Vietnam.
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