1. The wiseguy regime.
- Author
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Kaplan, David E., Butler, Steven, and Madden, Mark
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CORRUPTION , *PUBLIC officers , *DRUG control , *METHAMPHETAMINE ,NORTH Korean politics & government - Abstract
Describes the illegal activities conducted by officials from North Korea. The country's vast criminal enterprise; Smuggling and drug trafficking since the 1970s; Evidence of corruption; The country's need for cash; Funding the nuclear program with drug profits; Cultivation of opium poppies since the 1980s; North Koreans targeting the drug trade in Europe; Drug of the future for North Korea seen to be methamphetamine; Use of counterfeit money.
- Published
- 1999