http://www.sharewatch.com/story.php?storynumber=246302
Japan police detect dubious money flow between Macau bank, NKorea - report The revelation was the first to detail the flow of illegal North Korean funds through Banco Delta Asia (BDA), allegedly linked to illicit activities of the reclusive nation, the report said, quoting investigative sources. The fate of the bank accounts now frozen under pressure from Washington may be high on the agenda of six-party talks on North Korea that could resume by the end of the month. According to the daily, a corporation directly linked to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il asked a Tokyo-based trading firm to ship a freeze dryer that could be used to develop biological weapons. On July 29, 2002, the North Korean company sent some 6.15 mln yen from the BDA account to an account held by the trading house at a commercial bank. In September 2002, 1.98 mln yen was also transmitted from a BDA account held by another North Korean company to an account opened by a separate Japanese trading firm for purchases of power supply devices that could be used to enrich uranium. The US government has said Banco Delta Asia\'s accounts had been used as vital financial windows for North Korea\'s illegal counterfeiting and money laundering. North Korea has been also suspected of using the accounts to buy luxuries for Kim and goods used as gifts from him to high-ranking North Koran military officers before they were frozen in February. Since the BDA accounts were frozen, Pyongyang has sought to open new accounts in countries including Mongolia, Russia and Vietnam. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
