Fake eyelash company fined $1m over North Korean imports
(The Guardian North Korea)

ELF Cosmetics managed to bat away more than $40m in penalties after reporting its breach of sanctions to authoritiesA California cosmetics company has agreed to pay a nearly US$1m fine for importing fake eyelashes containing materials from North Korea in breach of sanctions, the US treasury has announced.Between 2012 and 2017 the company imported `156 shipments of false eyelash kits from two suppliers located in the People´s Republic of China that contained materials sourced by these suppliers` from North Korea, said a treasury statement. Related: Kim Jong-un´s edible fashion range: tasty looks for 2019 Continue reading...