Five Japanese Charged With Aiding North Korea’s Missile Program

Japanese authorities have arrested five executives at a used car dealership in southern Japan for allegedly exporting a trailer to North Korea that could have been converted to become a missile launcher, the Associated Press reported yesterday.

The five executives have been charged with conspiring to violate Japanese export control law, which carries a penalty of up to five years in prison, police said. The five smuggled the trailer into North Korea by discounting its value, making it subject to less intrusive customs inspections, a local police spokesman said (Associated Press/CNN.com, Oct. 13).

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