This form of money, such as Bitcoin, probably only plays a peripheral role in Pyongyang's fundraising and sanctions-evasion efforts at present, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) paper said.
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In The News, 16 April 2019Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, North Korea
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