North Korea is reported to produce the world’s best counterfeit $100 bills, but how are they made? And how is the rogue state able to distribute these counterfeits abroad?

Sources:
[1]: No Ordinary Counterfeit, Stephen Mihm, The New York Times, 23/07/06
[2]: Counterfeiting: Notes on a scandal, David Samuels, The Independent, 24/08/09 (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...)
[3] Not accurate to actual printer model
[4]: Counterfeit U.S. Currency Abroad: Issues and U.S. Deterrence Efforts, United States General Accounting Office Report, 1996
[5]: Statistics taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/worldasia...
[6]: Unveiling the North Korean Economy: Collapse and Transition, ByungYeon Kim, 08/06/17
[7]: Criminal Sovereignty: Understanding North Korea's International Activities, Paul Rexton Kan et al, 01/03/10
[8]: Illicit Activity and Proliferation: North Korean Smuggling Networks, Sheena Chestnut, 2007
[9]: The “Sopranos State”? North Korean Involvement in Criminal Activity and Implications for International Security, Sheena Chestnut, 20/05/05 (https://nautilus.org/wpcontent/uploa...)
[10]: Is Your Money Real?, Ron Moreau & Russell Watson, Newsweek, 10/06/96
[11]: https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/stor...
[12]: https://www.uscurrency.gov/sites/defa...
[13]: https://www.theguardian.com/technolog...
[14]: https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressreleas...
[15]: Sheena Chestnut quoted in: North Korea’s Counterfeit Benjamins Have Vanished, Greg Walters, VICE, 16/03/16 (https://www.vice.com/en/article/north...)

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