Project Sandstone Report 3: On the Trail of the Tae Yang: AIS Spoofing and North Korean Coal Smuggling
This report examines how the Tae Yang has used sophisticated measures to avoid being tracked, possibly to conduct activities that contravene UN sanctions.
The third in the series published under RUSI’s Project Sandstone, this report uncovers a series of identities used by the Tae Yang to mask its activity.
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WRITTEN BY
James Byrne
Director, OSIA
Open Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA)
Catherine Dill
Associate Fellow
Joe Byrne
Research Fellow
Open Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA)
Gary Somerville
Research Fellow
Open Source Intelligence and Analysis (OSIA)