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| Type | Person | [sources] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Son Young Nam | [sources] | |||
| Birth date | not available | [sources] | |||
| Gender | male | [sources] | |||
| Nationality | North Korea | [sources] | |||
| Description | Former First Secretary of the DPRK Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In March 2015, Bangladesh seized gold bars and jewelry worth $1.4 million from his hand luggage. The invoice had been issued by AMM Middle East General Trading in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the goods collected from Singapore. Mr. Son had flown into and out of Singapore from Dhaka on the same day, leaving the airport for three hours. He had undertaken on average one such trip a month to Singapore over the previous 15 months from both Dhaka and Beijing (ranging from a few hours to two days on the ground), suggesting that he was serving as a regular diplomatic courier smuggling gold and other items in evasion of sanctions. | [sources] | |||
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A romanization of this individual's name more aligned with North Korean romanization conventions might be "Son Yong Nam".
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| Organization | Role | Start date | End date | |
| Embassy of the DPRK in Bangladesh | Former First Secretary | - | - | |