Korea�s nuclear link to underworld alarms US

A few months ago, I shared information that Japan had accused N. Korea of trafficking in methamphetamine and actively smuggling that drug into Japan. Now a further report comes to light alleging that N. Korea is continuing to market drugs worldwide. Consider the following information and check the linked report:

Compelling new evidence of North Korea�s involvement in the illegal drug trade has convinced many American officials that the regime will use its underworld connections to sell nuclear materials to the highest bidder.

Kim�s latest brinkmanship came as Australian police charged 30 North Koreans with heroin smuggling after a five-day chase that ended last Sunday with the capture of their ship by the Royal Australian Navy.

A court in Sydney denied bail to the alleged smugglers, who were arrested on board the Pong Su, a vessel owned by a North Korean trading company but registered in the former British colony of Tuvalu, a remote Pacific island. The Australians seized heroin worth �32m.

While the investigation yielded a dramatic success, its outcome proved to western officials that North Korea maintains links with some of the world�s most unscrupulous crime syndicates.

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