| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 36 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
The Letort papers |
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Letort papers.
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| Contents |
Origins and activities of Office #39. Drug trafficking ; Counterfeit currency operations ; Counterfeit cigarettes -- The effects of 39's activities -- Office #39 and Kim regime succession -- Recommendations -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"North Korea's criminal conduct--smuggling, trafficking, and counterfeiting--is well known, but the organization directing it is understudied or overlooked. Policymakers, military leaders, and scholars may feel that they have a reasonable grasp on how and why North Korea is actively involved in criminal enterprises. However, unlike the other remaining communist states 'orphaned' after the Cold War, or ordinary corrupt autocratic regimes, or criminally linked warlords and insurgent groups, North Korea practices a form of 'criminal sovereignty' that is unique in the contemporary international security arena. North Korea uses state sovereignty to protect itself from external interference in its domestic affairs while dedicating a portion of its government to carrying out illicit international activities in defiance of international law and the domestic laws of numerous other nations. The proceeds of these activities are then used in a number of ways to sustain North Korea's existence and to enable other policies. For example, criminal proceeds are distributed to members of the North Korean elite (including senior officers of the armed forces); are used to support Kim Jong-il's personal life style; and are invested in its military apparatus. The authors of this monograph focus on North Korea's Office #39 as the state apparatus that directs illicit activities to include the manufacture and distribution of illegal drugs, the counterfeiting of U.S. currency, and the manufacture and distribution of counterfeit cigarettes. Finally, as Kim Jong-Il becomes more frail, the authors assess how his successor may continue or alter Office #39's activities." |
| Notes |
"March 2010." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 28-36) |
| Notes |
Description based on PDF version; title from title screen (viewed on Apr. 26, 2010) |
| Subject |
Organized crime -- Korea (North)
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Drug traffic -- Government policy -- Korea (North)
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Counterfeits and counterfeiting -- Korea (North)
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Product counterfeiting -- Korea (North)
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Crime and globalization -- Korea (North)
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Counterfeits and counterfeiting.
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Crime and globalization.
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Drug control.
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Organized crime.
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Product counterfeiting.
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Korea (North)
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North Korea -- criminality -- foreign policy.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bechtol, Bruce E., 1959- author.
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Collins, Robert M., author.
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Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute, issuing body.
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| ISBN |
1584874325 |
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9781584874324 |
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