PYONGYANG, June 5 /TASS/. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is meeting its commitments in fighting money laundering and financial terrorism, a representative of the National Coordination Committee to Counter Money Laundering and Criminal Activities in the Financial Sphere said in a statement published by the Rodong Sinmun newspaper on Sunday.
He criticized the U.S. Department of the Treasury, which on June 1 officially added the DPRK to jurisdictions causing the biggest concern in terms of money laundering in order to restrict Pyongyang’s access to the international banking system.