The US Marshals Service (USMS), which has custody of the North Korean-owned ship Wise Honest, is looking to sell the seized vessel.
, is looking to sell the seized vessel.The USMS oversees managing and selling assets seized by the US through the Justice Department’s Asset Forfeiture Program.
A federal court in New York has authorised the sale of the ship, which was impounded in Indonesia and taken to American Samoa earlier this year.
The court’s decision follows a claim filed by the parents of Otto Warmbier, an American student who died shortly after returning to the US from detention in North Korea. Some of the proceeds of the sale of the ship could go to the Warmbier family.
