The Institute for Science and International Security, a Washington based think-tank alleged that 49 countries have violated United Nations sanctions on North Korea including Sri Lanka, China, France, Germany and India. The report was compiled after analysing North Korean procurement data published by the UN Panel of Exports for the last three and a half years.
The report further stated that 13 governments were found to be involved in military related cases of North Korean sanctions violations, including Angola, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Iran, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Uganda, and the United Republic of Tanzania.
High Corruption among these 13 Countries
It has also come to light that the aforementioned countries named in the report score poorly on the on the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) by Transparency International, which ranks 176 countries on a scale from 1 to 176, where a ranking of 176 is most corrupt. The aforementioned countries have an average rank of 127 in the CPI with none of them being ranked above 50.
Experts are sceptical about how effectively sanctions can rein in North Korea's nuclear program, given that the comprehensive existing restrictions haven't left too many goods or entities to sanction.
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