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Report

5 Aug 2018

Author:
Jason Arterburn, C4ADS

North Korea: Kim regime dispatches citizens abroad to work in forced labour conditions and under heavy surveillance, says report

"Dispatched: Mapping Overseas Forced Labor in North Korea's Proliferation Finance System", 2018

North Korean overseas forced labor is both a proliferation finance and a human rights issue. The Kim regime sends citizens to work abroad under heavy surveillance, confiscates their wages, and uses the funds to support a nuclear program and domestic economy dependent on foreign currency...the...report...focused principally on either human rights abuses or workers in low-skilled occupations...This report...track[s] North Korea’s proliferation networks to the financial relationships of people and companies that facilitate its labor export program...three key findings: First, many companies and individuals that employ North Korean workers are linked to activities that violate United Nations Security Council Resolutions...Second, firms that employ North Korean workers exhibit similar operational patterns across jurisdictions...Third, despite trade restrictions, products of North Korean overseas labor—including advanced software and defense technology—continue to penetrate Western supply chains...the Kim regime continues to dispatch citizens abroad to work in forced labor conditions. 

Full report available here.