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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 373763, member: 4626&quot;]What I basically got from that article is although North Korea is heavily suspected of producing counterfeit US currency, nothing in the way of solid, direct proof has ever been found, at least not yet.&nbsp; (Particularly striking and amusing is the defector who claimed to have witnessed counterfeiting operations, but couldn&#039;t even name who was depicted on the front of the $100 bill or what building was on the back.&nbsp; It seems a lot of defectors&#039; testimony is hearsay, rumors, or just telling people what they think they want to hear.)&nbsp; It also seems fairly unlikely that they are even capable of producing the &quot;supernotes&quot; (extremely high quality counterfeits).&nbsp; I&#039;m open to the idea that they probably attempt to counterfeit US currency but it seems doubtful to me that they could possibly posess the necessary technology, equipment, and expertise to produce counterfeits of high enough quality to pass as real under close examination.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rest of the article drones on about how the US pressures banks around the world to cut off ties to North Korea to make the economic sanctions more effective.&nbsp; It&#039;s a matter of political opinion whether or not they should, but it&#039;s factually apparent they do an excellent job of it.&nbsp; Of course barricading the front door just forces them to do all their trade out the back door... greatly cuts down on the volume of open trade they can do but they&#039;re probably not capable of a high volume anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most I can comment on without drifting into political discourse I suppose.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting read though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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