Doc,Jan 18 2006, 10:07 PM Wrote:...They are even jumping on to the fear mongering bandwagon saying that people that pirate music and sell pirated DVDs are supporting terrorists (Which makes no sense to me) and creating a big stink over the whole issue. ...Any organized criminal enterprise (Terrorists, North Korea, Cosa Nostra...) can profit by counterfeiting (Money, Software, Media, Toys), and at the same time believe they are striking a blow at the western capitalist infidels. In this day, if you can find one example, it is taken as a trend and a new law must be written to close that loop hole.
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According to some reports I read recently, North Korea earns about 1/2 a billion per year counterfeiting US 100$ bills, and another 1/2 a billion distributing drugs. That's about 1/3 of their economy. Of course, most terrorist operations don't require more than a few thousand.
North Korea's Counterfeit Goods Targeted
Funding Evil: How Terrorism Is Financed by Rachel Ehrenfeld
BBC - What is a superdollar?
”There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio.
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