Name: 金正恩如何獲得他的50萬美元奔馳車｜視覺調查 (How Kim Jong-un Gets His $500,000 Mercedes | Visual Investigations)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T08:19:15.000Z
Duration: 5 min 12 s

Kim Jong-un is becoming a more prominent figure on the world stage.

金正恩在世界舞台上逐漸變得重要。

And when looking at the dictator's high-profile public appearances,

it would be difficult not to notice that they all share something in common:

很明顯注意到他們都有共同點：

But how did Kim manage to get these luxury, bulletproof

但是，金正恩是如何設法得到這些奢侈的防彈車，

vehicles — in open violation of an international ban

還在公開違反國際奢侈品禁令的情況下，

on luxury goods — to North North Korea?

we teamed up with the non-profit research group

which published a detailed report on sanctions evasions.

其公佈了規避制裁的詳細報告。

we investigated a shipment of two bulletproof Mercedes.

我們調查到兩台防彈賓士的運送。

and are primarily marketed to world leaders.

We followed them through a circuitous network of ports,

我們透過複雜的港口網來追蹤他們，

apparently designed to cloak their movement,

and onto a ghost ship owned by a Russian businessman

而我們在一艘俄商所有的鬼船上發現，

whose company has been accused of evading sanctions.

Our story offers a glimpse into how North Korea skirts

我們的故事讓大家一窺北韓如何

similar techniques to procure far more dangerous goods.

類似的技術來獲取更多危險物品。

So first, let's take a look at the actual route.

首先，我們來看看實際的路線。

in a shipping terminal in Rotterdam in June 2018.

2018 年 6 月在鹿特丹航運碼頭。

The first part of the journey looks like a regular shipment.

這趟旅程的第一部分看起來像是定期出貨。

The cars are on two of the containers on this ship.

汽車就在這艘船的兩個貨櫃中。

From here, they're transported on a major international shipping line.

從這裡，它們在主要的國際航線上運輸。

After a 41 day journey, the cars arrive in China.

經過 41 天的航程，汽車抵達中國。

From here, the cars are shipped to Japan,

and from there they are sent in yet another ship

And here, the Russian-owned ship at the center of our investigation enters the picture.

在這裡，我們調查中心所查到的俄羅斯船進入到畫面。

It picks up the containers and when it leaves the port, mysteriously vanishes,

貨櫃上了這艘船，而就在離開港口時，卻神奇消失了，

Let's take a closer look at this ghost ship.

其錯綜複雜的背景提供了線索，

as to why it was not at all a regular transport.

It used to be called Xiang Jin and had links to North Korea.

這艘船起初叫祥金號，與北韓有所關聯。

to Do Young Shipping, a shell company in the Marshall Islands.

都洋運輸，一間位於馬紹爾群島的空殼公司。

It's Do Young Shipping that's owned by the Russian national.

But you'd never know it because it sails under the flag of the West African nation Togo.

但你永遠不可能知道這事，因為船上掛的是西非國家多哥的旗子。

And its safety manager is based in Hong Kong.

Using that many jurisdictions is a classic sanctions evasion strategy.

牽扯到許多管轄區是規避制裁的老套路。

was trailing the cargo as soon as it entered China.

這艘船一進入中國後，就把貨物拖走了。

that it tried to pick up the cars at other ports in Asia.

它試圖在亞洲其他港口把汽車裝上船。

But the handoff happens weeks later in South Korea.

First, the ship's last reported destination

We think the cars were offloaded in this area.

Second, the owner of the Russian ghost ship is based in Vladivostok.

其次，俄羅斯鬼船的所有人就位於海參威。

And he confirmed that he bought and sold the Mercedes

他在電話中告訴《紐約時報》的記者，他證實，

in a phone call to a Times reporter, but offered no further details.

有進行賓士的買賣，但並未提供進一步的細節。

two of Kazachuk's ships, including the ghost ship,

卡扎丘克的兩艘船，也包括那艘鬼船，

for alleged illicit trade of coal and oil with North Korea.

因為涉嫌與北韓進行煤炭和石油的非法貿易。

Third, we tracked these North Korean transport planes,

第三，我們追蹤這些北韓運輸機，

which made a rare visit to Vladivostok on Oct. 7 — perfectly timed with the arrival of the containers.

這些飛機於 10 月 7 日罕見出訪至海參崴，完美與貨櫃的到達時間同步。

They are the very planes that normally carry Kim's

它們正常來說載著金正恩的高級車，

luxury vehicles and a possible direct transportation link to North Korea.

也可能是直接通往北韓的交通連結。

在北韓新聞網站上的平壤街道，

was spotted on the streets of Pyongyang by the website North Korea News.

It's not possible to say if every part of this journey was illicit.

不能說這趟航程的每一部分都違法。

say that North Korea has used similar techniques

制裁專家表示，北韓利用相似的手法，

to bring in vital fuel sources and technology for its weapons program.

為其武器計畫引入重要的燃料來源和技術。

Which raises the question: How effective are sanctions as a tool to pressure Kim Jong-un to end his nuclear ambitions?

這也引起質疑：逼迫金正恩終止核計畫的制裁，究竟能有多大效益？