date:Feb 27, 2019
Dutch authorities on Tuesday (Feb 26) said they had confiscated some 90,000 bottles of Russian vodka believed to be destined for North Korea in violation of international sanctions.
The container holding 3,000 boxes with 30 bottles each was taken in the port of Rotterdam from a Chinese-owned ship travelling from Hamburg to China, officials said.
They suspected its final destination was North Korea - where international sanctions are in place against the government of Kim Jong Un - but provided