Omertà: North Korea's organized crime at home and abroad



Reports Omertà: North Korea’s organized crime at home and abroad The DPRK's inner circle relies on hard currency from abroad - and operates much like an organized crime cartel Stephan Blancke October 24, 2016 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON North Korean Embassy by Laika ac on 2015-08-30 14:30:20 This is the second part of a series explaining why North Korea is a top priority target for Western and Asian intelligence agencies. You can read part one here. During the summer of 2016, the first secretary of the North Korean embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Han Son Ik, was expelled from the country. He had been caught smuggling over one million cigarettes as well as various valuable electronic goods - a clear breach of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. The black market in Bangladesh appears to have been particularly conducive to North Korean diplomats’ shady Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01North Korea’s politburo meeting hints at secret changes to senior officials 02The bureaucracy test: Signs to look for before a Trump-Kim summit 03China has reasons to like Trump’s North Korea outreach — and reasons to worry 04North Korea’s old alliance with Tanzania quietly finds new life 05North Korea has named its price for reopening UK’s embassy in Pyongyang 06Why Trump’s new counter-cybercrime model curiously leaves out North Korea 07The Kremlin veteran tasked with keeping Russia-North Korea’s alliance on track 08North Korea’s imports of sanctioned goods rise as China trade slows

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Omertà: North Korea’s organized crime at home and abroad

The DPRK's inner circle relies on hard currency from abroad - and operates much like an organized crime cartel

Stephan Blancke October 24, 2016

Omertà: North Korea’s organized crime at home and abroad

North Korean Embassy by Laika ac on 2015-08-30 14:30:20

This is the second part of a series explaining why North Korea is a top priority target for Western and Asian intelligence agencies. You can read part one here.

During the summer of 2016, the first secretary of the North Korean embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Han Son Ik, was expelled from the country. He had been caught smuggling over one million cigarettes as well as various valuable electronic goods - a clear breach of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

The black market in Bangladesh appears to have been particularly conducive to North Korean diplomats’ shady

LATEST ANALYSIS

01North Korea’s politburo meeting hints at secret changes to senior officials
02The bureaucracy test: Signs to look for before a Trump-Kim summit
03China has reasons to like Trump’s North Korea outreach — and reasons to worry
04North Korea’s old alliance with Tanzania quietly finds new life
05North Korea has named its price for reopening UK’s embassy in Pyongyang
06Why Trump’s new counter-cybercrime model curiously leaves out North Korea
07The Kremlin veteran tasked with keeping Russia-North Korea’s alliance on track
08North Korea’s imports of sanctioned goods rise as China trade slows

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