Hong Kong Firm Caught Distributing North Korean Weapons to Iran

The search for the organizers of an airplane filled with North Korean weapons bound for Iran and detained in Thailand has led to a company in Hong Kong.  A company called Union Top Management Ltd., registered in Hong Kong, signed a contract this month to lease the cargo plane, according to documents obtained by arms-trafficking researchers in Belgium and the U.S.

Attempts to reach Dario Cabreros Garmendia, listed in public documents as Union Top Management’s owner and director were unsuccessful.  A woman who answered the phone at an office in Hong Kong given on Union Top Management documents provided an email address for Mr. Garmendia. An email sent to the address was returned as undeliverable. Union Top Management’s filings list a Barcelona, Spain, postal address for Mr. Garmendia.  [Read More]

(H/T WSJ)