Criminal Sovereignty: Understanding North Korea's Illicit International Activities

摘要: Abstract : North Korea's criminal conduct-smuggling, trafficking, and counterfeiting - is well known, but the organization directing it understudied or overlooked. Policymakers, military leaders, scholars may feel that they have a reasonable grasp on how why Korea actively involved in enterprises. However, unlike other remaining communist states "orphaned" after Cold War, ordinary corrupt autocratic regimes, criminally linked warlords insurgent groups, practices form of "criminal sovereignty" unique contemporary international security arena. uses state sovereignty to protect itself from external interference its domestic affairs while dedicating portion government carrying out illicit activities defiance law laws numerous nations. The proceeds these are then used number ways sustain existence enable policies. For example, distributed members Korean elite (including senior officers armed forces); support Kim Jong-il's personal life style; invested apparatus.