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The Russian State Using Organized Crime Outside Its Borders
Bureau 39 has been helping keep North Korea afloat for 50 years. It combines organized crime with all the resources and assets of the state. In Russia, there is a long tradition of relationships between the state and criminality. And increasingly we have seen the state use organized crime outside its borders as an instrument.