Investigations related to a seized North Korean vessel should be finished by November, Panama's Attorney General Ana Belfon was quoted as saying to local media on Tuesday.
Belfon told La Prensa that Panama's custody of 35 North Korean crew members and North Korea's largest cargo vessel, the Chong Chon Gang, had incurred "heavy expenditures" to the state, and that the crew had been practically "abandoned" by Pyongyang since being caught attempting to ship weapons through Panama in July.
Investigations related to a seized North Korean vessel should be finished by November, Panama's Attorney General Ana Belfon was quoted as saying to local media on Tuesday.
Belfon told La Prensa that Panama's custody of 35 North Korean crew members and North Korea's largest cargo vessel, the Chong Chon Gang, had incurred "heavy expenditures" to the state, and that the crew had been practically "abandoned" by Pyongyang since being caught attempting to ship weapons through Panama in July.
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