Nations take action on North Korean IT workers after UN report
Multiple countries took legal action against North Korean IT worker facilitators following a new UN-linked MSMT report on the illicit scheme.
The US-led Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team released a report detailing global legal responses to North Korea's illicit IT worker scheme, which uses stolen or purchased identities to place workers in high-paying IT jobs. Argentina opened an investigation and froze assets of alleged money launderer Antonia Doroganova, while Pakistan opened a case against alleged forger Syeda Aliya Batool Zaidi and two facilitators. Vietnam and Laos also took steps including sanctions and investigations, and China has increased surveillance, arresting one IT worker for allegedly stealing military secrets. North Korean workers abroad generated up to $800 million last year, and at least 17 countries still host roughly 100,000 North Korean workers.
- MSMT report tracks follow-up actions to the UN's October IT worker scheme report
- Argentina investigated Antonia Doroganova for laundering North Korean IT worker funds
- Pakistan opened cases against Syeda Aliya Batool Zaidi and two other facilitators
- North Korean overseas workers generated up to $800 million last year
- About 100,000 North Korean workers remain in at least 17 countries
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4 min read at therecord.mediaA report published Wednesday said that as of July, Vietnam, Laos, Pakistan and Argentina took meaningful steps to respond to allegations involving North Korea listed in an October study.
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