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CHO IL U

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CHO IL U is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	CHO IL · CHO IL U · CHO, Il-U · Cho Il U · Chol Cho · 7 more...				[sources]
Other name	Ch'o'l Cho · Cho Ch'o'l · Cho Chol · Cho Ch’o’l · Cho Ch’o’l, · 7 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1945-05-10				[sources]
Place of birth	Musan, DPR Korea · Musan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea · Musan, KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF · Musan, North Hamgyo'ng Province · Musan, North Hamgyo'ng Province North Korea · 5 more...				[sources]
Nationality	North Korea				[sources]
Country	North Korea				[sources]
Country of birth	North Korea				[sources]
Description	Director of the Fifth Bureau of the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB. KPe.031). "Believed to be in charge of overseas espionage operations and foreign intelligence collection for the DPRK".				[sources]
First name	CHO · Ch'o'l · Cho · Cho Ch’o’l · Cho Il Woo · 9 more...				[sources]
ID Number	`736410010`				[sources]
Last name	CHO IL U · Ch'o'l · Cho · Chol · Ch’o’l · 3 more...				[sources]
Middle name	Woo				[sources]
Passport number	`736410010`				[sources]
Second name	IL U · إيل يو				[sources]
Position	Directeur du cinquième bureau du Bureau général de reconnaissance · Director of the Fifth Bureau of the Reconnaissance General Bureau · Genel Keşif Bürosu’nun (Reconnaissance General Bureu) Beşinci Departman Müdürü · directeur du cinquième bureau du Bureau général de reconnaissance · レコネッサンス・ジェネラル・ビューロー第五局長				[sources]
Address	Democratic People's Republic of Korea · Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea · Kore Demokratik Halk Cumhuriyeti				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-10-29	Last processed	2024-11-08	First seen	2022-04-27

Descriptions

Director of the Fifth Bureau of the Reconnaissance General Bureau. Passport no: 736410010. Cho is believed to be in charge of overseas espionage operations and foreign intelligence collection for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2023-04-20

Director of the Fifth Bureau of the Reconnaissance General Bureau. Cho is believed to be in charge of overseas espionage operations and foreign intelligence collection for the DPRK.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Directeur du cinquième Bureau du Bureau général de reconnaissance. Cho serait chargé des opérations d’espionnage et du recueil de renseignement à l’étranger pour le compte de la RPDC.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2023-04-20

Cho is believed to be in charge of overseas espionage operations and foreign intelligence collection for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2024-05-09

Cho is believed to be in charge of overseas espionage operations and foreign intelligence collection for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

— UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets, 2023-04-20

Designation: Director of the Fifth Bureau of the Reconnaissance General Bureau Other information: Cho is believed to be in charge of overseas espionage operations and foreign intelligence collection for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

— Israel Prevention of Distribution and Financing of WMDs designations, 2024-10-25

出生地：北朝鮮咸鏡北道茂山

— Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People, 2023-04-20

A romanization of this individual's name more aligned with North Korean romanization conventions might be "Jo Il U".

— DPRK Reports non-official source, 2023-08-08

Adresse : République démocratique populaire de Corée N° Passeport : 736410010

— Monaco National Fund Freezing List, 2024-08-14

Считается, что Чхо руководит зарубежными шпионскими операциями и внешней разведкой КНДР.

— 2021-11-21

Cho is believed to be in charge of overseas espionage operations and foreign intelligence collection for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

— UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions, 2023-04-20

Cho is believed to be in charge of overseas espionage operations and foreign intelligence collection for the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea.

— South Africa Targeted Financial Sanctions, 2023-04-20

Relationships

Address
Full address	Country
北朝鮮	North Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	North Korea

Identifications
Document number	Country	Type	Start date	End date
`736410010`	-	National passport	-	-
`736410010`	-	National passport	-	-
`736410010`	North Korea	Passport	-	-
`736410010`	-	Passport	-	-
`736410010`	North Korea	passport	-	-
`736410010`	North Korea	-	-	-

Memberships
Organization	Role	Start date	End date
Reconnaissance General Bureau	Director of the Fifth Bureau	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UN	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2017-06-02	-
Financial Intelligence Centre	-	-	-
Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Treasury and Finance - Financial Crimes Investigation Board	Asset freezes within the scope of Articles 3.A and 3.B of Law No. 7262, aimed at preventing the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.	-	-
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 18 May 2016 on measures against North Korea (SR 946.231.127.6), annexes 1 et 6	2017-06-02	-
Isreali Ministry of Finance	-	2018-03-12	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
UN Security Council	Resolution 2356 (2017)	-	-
Centrul Antiterorist al Serviciului de Informaţii şi Securitate al Republicii Moldova	Comitetul Consiliului de Securitate al ONU instituit prin Rezoluția 1718 (2006)	-	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	1718 (DPRK)	2022-08-03	-
Ministry of Finance	北朝鮮に関連する国際連合安全保障理事会決議に基づく資産凍結等の措置の対象となる者（個人）	2017-06-09	-
United Nations Security Council	DPRK	2017-06-02	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	PRK	2022-09-13	-
State Finance Monitoring Service	РБ ООН (Комітет 1718 (2006))	2022-07-28	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UN	The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2017-06-02	-
Federal Public Service Finance	PRK	2022-09-13	-
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2017/1509 du 30/08/2017 (ONU Corée du Nord - RCSNU 1718 (2006) et R (UE) 2017/1509) · (UE) 2022/1503 du 09/09/2022 (ONU Corée du Nord - RCSNU 1718 (2006) et R (UE) 2017/1509) · décision du comité des sanctions des Nations unies du 02/06/2017 (ONU Corée du Nord - RCSNU 1718 (2006) et R (UE) 2017/1509) · décision du comité des sanctions des Nations unies du 26/07/2022 (ONU Corée du Nord - RCSNU 1718 (2006) et R (UE) 2017/1509)	-	-

Data sources

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,018

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Council

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,986

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

Qatar Unified Record of Persons and Entities on Sanction List708

This dataset contains both UN-mandated and the national sanctions designations for Qatar (Targeted Financial Sanctions).

Qatar · NCTC

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,364

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions1,238

The Security Council's set of sanctions serve as the foundation for most national sanctions lists.

UNSC

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,277

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Moldovan Sanctions for Terrorism and Proliferation of WMD698

Sanctions on persons and entities involved in terrorist activities and the proliferation of weapons of masss destruction

Moldova · CAS-SIS

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,449

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

French National Asset Freezing System5,117

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

South Africa Targeted Financial Sanctions876

The South African FIC sanctions list, largely based on UN Security Council sanctions.

South Africa · FIC

Israel Prevention of Distribution and Financing of WMDs designations236

List of entities and individuals subject to sanctions under the Prevention of Distribution and Financing of Weapons of Mass Destruction Law

Israel · Isreali Ministry of Finance

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,678

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Ukraine SFMS Blacklist872

Ukraine's financial intelligence unit publishes this list of sanctioned individuals.

Ukraine · SFMS

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,559

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,603

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

Türkiye Asset Freezing Sanctions List (MASAK)2,219

Individuals, entities, and organizations whose assets are frozen by the Republic of Türkiye based on United Nations Security Council resolutions, requests from foreign countries, domestic decisions, and efforts to counter the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Türkiye · MASAK

DPRK Reports5,540

A database of entities and events related to North Korea's sanctions evasion efforts.

United Kingdom · RUSI · non-official source

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List33,150

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,256

The Consolidated List is a list of all persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions under Australian sanctions law

Australia · DFAT

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People3,598

Sanctions imposed by Japan under its Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law.

Japan · MoF

Source data IDs: au-dfat-3240-cho-il-u · ru-wmd-199-kpi-040 · ja-mof-1189503a95e35a4bb6ae8954ef665bdb72307ed0 · eu-tb-logical-112270 · tr-fcib-2e9e038ca91688c7fbc1a11d6919ad9ec3b53722 · kprusi-e421ebd19569050cf5f99e584e568e7c171c8167 · fr-ga-2442 · il-wmd-3e93174043a3f6eec7426fdb51584f5c8b4070af · md-terr-e735fc718bf09cae9459be906240f1a2773f25ba · zafic-387 · ch-seco-36406 · NK-jLnmJZbodVkwKdw9qbKetv · gb-hmt-13471 · zafic-1813 · mc-freezes-a65dbee70701b0fe2d19616e441f37208484d34c · qa-nctc-6908580-cho-il-u · ua-sfms-1478 · md-terr-8d19de65b3f4976688fb8ac48b48186419a79f43 · NK-Jt3Y2gfRJHytReNsCieQsR · gb-fcdo-dpr0202 · unsc-6908580 · ofac-19791 · zafic-390-cho-il-u · eu-fsf-eu-4070-8

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