North Korean Officials Implicated in Scores of Drug Trafficking Incidents By Nate Thayer North Korea has categorically denied state sponsored criminal syndicates of drug trafficking, trafficking of counterfeit U.S. currency, and other smuggling-for- profit activities by North Korean military, intelligence, and diplomatic officials since 1976. But the evidence solidly suggests otherwise. The Kim family dynastic […] ■
North Korean Officials Implicated in Scores of Drug Trafficking Incidents
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MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY:
Allegations of state-sponsored criminal activity by North Korean officials form the focus of this excerpt. It addresses North Korea's official denials of involvement in drug trafficking, the distribution of counterfeit U.S. currency, and other illicit smuggling operations since 1976. The text contends that evidence contradicts these denials, implicating military, intelligence, and diplomatic personnel tied to the ruling Kim dynasty.