Press Releases
Monitoring and surveillance activities by Italy against illicit maritime activities including ship-to-ship transfers
May 2, 2025
Italian Navy frigate ANTONIO MARCEGLIA
(Source: Italian Ministry of Defence)
- In late April, Italian Navy frigate ANTONIO MARCEGLIA conducted monitoring and surveillance activities against illicit maritime activities, including ship-to-ship transfers with North Korean-flagged vessels prohibited by the United Nations Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs), in waters surrounding Japan. It was the second time for Italian vessel to engage in these activities.
- Japan welcomes these activities from the viewpoint of ensuring effective implementation of the relevant UNSCRs in solidarity with the international community toward the realization of North Korea’s dismantlement of all weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles of all ranges in a complete, verifiable, and irreversible manner.
- As Japan has also been conducting information gathering activities for vessels suspected of violating the UNSCRs, Japan works closely with relevant countries and international organizations, including Italy.