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The biggest international incident regarding the IRA since the Columbian terrorist training situation.
The Counterterrorism Blog: "Official IRA" Leader Worked With North Korea to Pass Counterfeit Dollars
Specifically, the indictment says that between December 1997 and July 2000, the seven handled up to $1m of counterfeit $100 bills from North Korean sources and arranged to transport, pass as genuine, or resell the bills in the the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Germany, and elsewhere. The leader of the gang, Sean Garland, is referred to in the indictment as "the Chief of Staff” and "Colonel in Chief" of “the old style IRA,” also known as the "Official IRA," the military wing which split off from the political wing of the IRA (the "Provisional IRA") in 1969.
October 13, 2005 at 09:11 PM in IRA | Permalink | Top of page | Blog Home