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North Korea's stubborn proliferation of its nuclear armament and ballistic missiles to deliver its dangerous weapons have triggered an unprecedented alliance of the US and China plus all other major and lesser powers of the world to unite in the imposition of sanctions. Perhaps encouraged by the apparent progress in the denuclearization of Iran's military programs after 10 years of UN and other international sanctions, the Security Council is still hopeful that its peaceful, sanctions-supported strategy will prevail. With Iran, the international community is dealing with the " good" problems of how to dismantle international sanctions in incremental steps over the coming 8-10 years, proportionate to Iran's dismantling of its illegal proliferation program. The first effort towards effective UN sanctions implementation requires the closing of the gapping knowledge and skill deficit so widely observed among pundits, journalists, academics, politicians and many others. The authors of the Practitioner's Compliance Handbook are offering very detailed pragmatic best practices guidance for the implementation of all UN sanctions measures. The Handbook describes the workings of embargoes against conventional and unconventional arms, dual use equipment and even the arcane Catch-All Provisions. The book also explains how the UN's individual travel ban and asset freezes work and what must be done to be in full compliance with these powerful measures. Finally, the ban on the export of luxury items to North Korea, the newest addition to the UN's sanctions toolkit - is fully explored as well. United Nations Non-Proliferation Regimes on Iran and North Korea: Practitioner's Compliance Handbook offers a practical, top-down advise for the establishment of implementation structures for States or for corporations. The book also contains dozens of illustrations, graphics, tables and annexes, and 10 illustrated typographies of sanctions violations, drawn from sanctions buster cases. Finally, a special chapter: Sanctions violations and the applicability of UN conventions for better controls by guest author Professor Nikos Passas, specialist on international criminology and corruption explores the intersection between sanctions and international law.