Posted on 11/11/2009 9:21:22 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
U.S. at Work on Strangling Kim Jong-il's Cash Flow
The U.S. envoy charged with UN sanctions, Philip Goldberg, is still trying to block North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's cash flow, even as Washington has agreed to talks with Pyongyang aimed at persuading it to return to nuclear negotiations.
North Korea invited U.S. North Korea envoy Stephen Bosworth on Aug. 4, when former U.S. president Bill Clinton was in Pyongyang to win the release of two American journalists. The same day, Goldberg was on his way to Moscow, where he met Russian Vice Foreign Minister Alexei Borodavkin and reportedly asked Russia to crack down on a mafia gang based on a tip-off that it had been involved in the laundering slush funds for Kim Jong-il.
South Korean and U.S. intelligence authorities believe that North Korea recently earned a lot of foreign currency by smuggling ivory from Africa and distributing fake Viagra as well as selling drugs and circulating counterfeit dollars.
The North allegedly laundered money or operated secret bank accounts with the help of the Russian gangsters after it became practically impossible for the North to carry out normal transactions using the real names of top officials or agencies. Russia then passed an advisory circular which the U.S. had sent around Russian banks.
According to the source, North Korea expanded arms exports even after UN Security Council Resolution 1874 took effect in the wake of its second nuclear test on May 25. "North Korea has developed new markets in Africa and Latin America, in addition to expanding exports to its existing markets in Southeast Asia and the Middle East," the source said. "It seems the North is mainly exporting small vessels such as Hovercraft and patrol boats and Air Force equipment including radar and GPS to Africa and Latin America."
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BTTT
Ping!
LOL, I browse by comment.
I saw it, I was there.
:0)
Hugo Chavez among others.
He’s choking everyone else with money. He might as well strangle someone with it. Why not NK?
I laughed when I saw the reference to “fake Viagra” and then saw the keyword: “hardcurrency”.
add to this list: American made cigarettes & Johnnie Walker-red,black & blue
I’m glad to hear that Hilarious was able to get to a microphone through the haze of bullets she was ducking to avoid.
He ought to be gone by now but is evidently still kicking.
The guy is like a cockroach.
Maybe we can get the Russians on board tell them not export hot Russia babe for Chia Pet pimp hand
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