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020			_a9781584874324
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100	1		_aKan, Paul Rexton
245	1	0	_aCriminal sovereignty : _bunderstanding North Korea's illicit international activities / _cPaul Rexton Kan, Bruce E. Bechtol, Jr., Robert M. Collins _h[electronic resource]
260			_aCarlisle, PA _bStrategic Studies Institute (SSI), U.S. Army War College _c[2010]
300			_avii, 36 p. _bill.
490	1		_aLetort papers _v[no. 36]
500			_a"March 2010."
520			_aNorth Korea's criminal conduct, smuggling, trafficking, and counterfeiting, is well known, but the organization directing it is understudied or overlooked. North Korea practices a form of "criminal sovereignty" that is unique in the contemporary international security arena. It 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 used in a number of ways to sustain North Korea's existence and to enable other policies. 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.
651		7	_aNorth Korea _xcriminality _xforeign policy
700	1		_aBechtol, Bruce E.,
700	1		_aCollins, Robert M.,
710	2		_aArmy War College (U.S.). _bStrategic Studies Institute
852			_hOnline resource GAO
856	4	1	_uhttp://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB975.pdf
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