Over $20 million has been transferred from Macau bank via the U.S. Federal Reserve System and the Central Bank of Russia to some bank in Russia.
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N. Korean Funds Probably Transferred to Russia’s Dalcombank
The amount of over $20 million has been transferred from Macau bank via the U.S. Federal Reserve System and the Central Bank of Russia to Dalcombank in Khabarovsk, Japanese NHK reported.
In Dalcombank, however, they don't confirm even the possibility of such transfer, say nothing of the money receipt.
”A number of reports mentioned some Far Eastern commercial bank as the bank presumably used for the planned transfer of North Korean money, and Russia’s and foreign media interpreted it as Far East Commercial Bank [Dalcombank]. Dalcombank declares that no official requests have been received from participants of six-party negotiations interested in solving the North Korean problem and no official talks have been held related to this issue,” a representative from Khabarovsk headquarters of Dalcombank told Interfax Friday.
But there is one more bank in the region with similar name – Dalnevostochny Bank (Far Eastern Bank), which head office is located in Vladivostok. “The bank’s management doesn’t comment on money transfer, including on the situation around transfer of North Korean money from Macau to Russia,” a bank employee told RIA Novosti.
Over $23 million was transferred from North Korean frozen accounts with Banco Delta Asia to a Russian bank, NHK reported Friday referring to a top-rank official of the U.S. government.
The problem of transferring frozen funds of North Korea stalls the disarmament deal clinched far back in February 13. Pyongyang refuses to shut down its Yongbyon nuclear plant until it recovers $25 million from the Macau-based Banco Delta Asia account. The difficulty is that the international banks are in no hurry to accept that money for fear of strict financial sanctions of the United States.
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