However, despite the sanctions targeting its financial assets and directors, the firm has continued to trade from the safety of China. Weihai Yamar’s website displays a series of options for inflatable boats with “economical” plywood floors, of the kind used in deadly boat crossings. Downing Street said he had launched “a border security agreement with China to tackle the flow of Chinese-made small boat parts”. “Work is continuing with manufacturers, suppliers and international partners to prevent small boat equipment being diverted to organised crime groups, with more than 1,100 small boats and engines seized since the election alone.” A spokesman for the NCA said the gangs behind small boat crossings were “versatile and agile”, and were continuing to “deploy dangerously overcrowded boats to maximise profit”.