Four ships for the breaching sanctions on the regime. Three of those ships fly north korean colors. The flag of the fourth ship is not clear. North korea has defied u. N. Sanctions and restrictions in the past. Now a north Korean Defector tells cnn the regime has a sophisticated Smuggling Network and can easily trade in banned goods. Cnns brian todd has this report for us. We have new information tonight from this defector on exactly how kim jong uns regime gets weapons and other banned material out of the country to sell on the black market. This man knows how kim gets his cash and helped him get it, funneling billions of dollars a year to the young dictator. August 2016, a freighter is heading to the suez canal. Around 30,000 rocket propelled grenades made in north korea. Part of what a north korean
defector describes as a smuggling to line the pockets of kim jong un. How do north korean Smuggling Operations work . Are there people with false names . Are there ships with false names
any gunman or shooter, should there be one. that is a lesson from the las vegas shooting. among the other stepped up efforts there will be rooftop sniper regimes. and police officers are also undergoing a special suicide attack training. training to help prevent any sort of suicide attack. we re also going to see a familiar sanitation truck filled with sand and cement blocks to block off the area to prevent any sort of vehicular attack. now authorities from the mayor, the police commissioner on down say there is no credible threat to this new year s eve celebration here in times square. no credible threat to new york city in general. but they want everyone to remain vigilant, but they say some 2 million people they expect to come out on sunday night should all remain vigilant. and as they say, if you see something, say something. back to you. all right, athena.
help them locate any gunmen or shooter should there be one. that of course is a lesson from the las vegas shooting. among the other stepped up efforts there will be roof top observation and counter sniper teams. 125 parking garages in and around this area will be sealed and police officers are also undergoing a special suicide attack training. we re also going to see the familiar sanitation trucks filled with sand and cement blocks to help block off this area to prevent any sort of vehicular attack. there is no direct credible threat to this new year s eve celebration here in times square. no credible threat to new york city in general but some 2 million people they expect to come out on sunday night should all remain individual land avig
enter the pins to celebrate the new year. also for the first time, the new york times is reporting that for the first time, police will be attaching reflective material to the outside of some of the buildings in and around times square and that is so that reflective material can help them locate any gunman or shooter should there be one. that, of course, is a lesson from the las vegas shooting. among the other stepped up efforts, there will be rooftop observation and sniper teams. police officers are also undergoing a special suicide attack training, training to try to help prevent any sort of suicide attack. we re going to see the familiar sanitation trucks filled with sand and cement blocks to help block off this area to prevent any sort of vehicular attack. authorities from the mayor, the police commissioner on doing
alisyn. securing new year s eve festivities is always a massive security challenge. we will see an increased presence in part because of the recent terror attacks in new york. the truck incident on halloween. and this month a man detonated a bomb just a few blocks from here. this entire area is going to be closed off to traffic starting early in the day on sunday. the 12 access points for spectators will be manned by teams of police, heavy weapons, equipment to detect radiological material, bomb-sniffing dogs. and sand-filled sanitation trucks and cement blocks to help block off the area. a few more measures, rooftop observation, countersniper teams, 125 parking garages sealed off, additional officers in hotels and special suicide attack training for police officers to try to prevent any sort of suicide attack. the new york times is reporting that for the first