Understanding North Korea sanctions: Other Significant U.S. Statutes

Introduction

Background

U.N. Security Council sanctions resolutions

U.S. sanctions laws

U.S. sanctions Executive Orders

U.S. sanctions regulations & general licenses

Other significant U.S. statutes

• Title 12 – Trading With the Enemy Act (TWEA sanctions against North Korea were lifted in 2008)
• Title 18 – Criminal Code
  • 18 U.S.C. 981 – civil forfeiture
  • 18 U.S.C. 982 – criminal forfeiture
  • 18 U.S.C. 1030 – computer fraud and abuse
  • 18 U.S.C. 1956 – money laundering
  • 18 U.S.C. 1957 – transactions in criminally derived property
  • 18 U.S.C. Chapter 113B – definition of international terrorism, prohibitions on financing of and material support for terrorism
• Title 19 – Customs
  • 19 U.S.C. 1304 – country of origin labels
  • 19 U.S.C. 1307 – ban on importing convict or slave-made goods
• Title 22 – Foreign Relations
  • Arms Export Control Act
  • Foreign Assistance Act
  • North Korea Human Rights Act
  • Trafficking in Persons reports and sanctions
  • Country reports on terrorism
  • Magnitsky Act
• Title 31, Chapter 53 – Monetary Transactions – includes the Bank Secrecy Act, transaction reporting requirements, the prohibition on bulk cash smuggling, the prohibition on unlicensed money transmitting businesses, and section 311 of the Patriot Act.
• Title 50 – War & National Defense
  • International Emergency Economic Powers Act
  • Export Administration Act

Third-country sanctions authorities