From: The Guardian
Investigation finds DPRK embassies have been involve in 16 illegal smuggling cases in southern Africa
Mozambique has become a major trading point for illegal rhino horn, much of which is being smuggled out by North Korean “dodgy diplomats”, a new report claims.
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Since the mid-1970s, North Korea’s involvement in transnational organised crime – particularly drug and cigarette trafficking, weapons smuggling and the production of counterfeit US currency – has grown steadily, peaking during the severe economic crisis and famine the country faced in the early and mid-1990s.
