Unless the parent company of the vessel, North Korea Trading Companies, files a complaint, the vessel and its contents could possibly be sold at auction which would further anger North Korea. While it is possible that the United States may return the vessel to North Korea once they feel that North Korea has gotten the message that the U.S. will not tolerate them violating sanctions, the cargo will likely not be returned. No matter how the U.S. handles North Korea’s complaint, North Korea will likely retaliate through either cyber-means or through further coordination with Russia. The loss of the vessel’s cargo and the income from that cargo will be difficult on North Korea and could possibly lead to further financially motivated attacks. North Korea will routinely utilize fraudulent SWIFT transactions to steal funds from banks, Banks are encouraged to review all transactions made through the SWIFT system and to be especially mindful of transactions being sent to foreign banks, especially Hong Kong which has been a regular location for North Korea to funnel stolen funds through.