New Zealand has deployed a long-range patrol aircraft to monitor North Korea’s illicit ship-to-ship transfers in violation of U.N. Security Council (UNSC) sanctions, Japan’s foreign ministry announced on Friday.

In a press release, the ministry stated that a Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) P-8A Poseidon aircraft is operating out of Japan’s Kadena Air Base from early to mid-November, the eighth time the RNZAF has contributed to monitoring North Korea’s illegal maritime activities since 2018.