The UN Panel of Expert (PoE) Coordinator Hugh Griffiths on Thursday said it would be easy for vessels to carry out advanced and sophisticated forms of identity fraud to continue circumventing international sanctions.

Speaking at an event in Washington organized by think tank C4ADS, Griffiths detailed how one vessel the PoE investigated in their latest report had gone to great lengths to disguise its identity.

“This vessel, now the Talent Ace now had gotten a new IMO number from International Maritime Organization (IMO) …  It had completely hidden any trace of its previous IMO. It