Italian animation company agrees to $538,000 penalty for ‘apparent violations’ of US sanctions on North Korea

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Italian animation company agrees to $538,000 penalty for ‘apparent violations’ of US sanctions on North Korea | CNN Politics
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I was sitting here like "I didn't know Italy was part of the US" because the title sucks ass, so here's the bit you are looking for

sent wire transfers through US financial institutions to pay North Korea

Odd that it didn’t get blocked by these US banking institutions, or they got the transfer fees then flagged the transactions…

Mondo TV makes copycat cartoons with bad storytelling, bad drawing and bad dubbing, to be sold in those €2 DVDs in the supermarket bargain bins

I have the feeling that half a million is the profit of a decade