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'Ship-to-Ship' Trade and Other Secrets of North Korea's Illicit $1.5B Crypto Stash

Experts on North Korea say the country’s $1.5 billion cryptocurrency war chest is used to fund an illicit web of trade networks and supply chains.

Updated Dec 11, 2022, 1:53 p.m. Published Apr 7, 2020, 10:00 a.m.

INT'L WATERS: A reliable way for DPRK to circumvent sanctions involves ship-to-ship transfers with cryptocurrency payments. (Credit: Shutterstock)