First North Korean National Extradited to the U.S.

According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release dated March 22, 2021, Mun Chol Myong, 55, is the first North Korean national to be extradited the United States. Mun was extradited to the United States to face charges of money laundering in order to circumvent U.S. sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).