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Spaniard Arrested For Helping N.Korea Evade US Sanctions

Spain's Alejandro Cao de Benos, seen here in 2016 at his Pyongyang Cafe in the Mediterranean city of Tarragona, faces up to 20 years in jail in the United States if convicted of helping North Korea evade sanctions (Credit: AFP)

Spanish police on Friday said they had arrested a man wanted by Washington for allegedly conspiring with cryptocurrency experts to help North Korea evade sanctions over its nuclear program.

Alejandro Cao de Benos, the founder of a pro-Pyongyang affinity organisation who bills himself as a "special delegate" for the government of North Korea, was arrested at Madrid's Atocha train station as he got off a train from Barcelona, a police spokesman told AFP

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