North Korea and the triads: gangsters, ghost ships and spies | FT Film

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A convicted gambling tycoon, a Hong Kong gold trader, and a racing car driver from Macau: the FT and think-tank Rusi reveal some of the individuals behind a network connecting Chinese criminal groups to North Korean oil procurement and intelligence operations which help to sustain the country's military and nuclear weapons programme

00:00 Gangsters, ghost ships and spies
00:55 Why oil?
03:40 Tracking the ghost ships
06:16 North Korean defector
07:44 Loyalty to the leader
08:03 NK turns to criminals
09:22 UN oil cap
11:04 Sanctions ramp up
12:20 The triads
12:50 Intimidating ship crew
14:03 Why Hong Kong?
14:27 Gary To
15:53 Alvin Chau and casinos
16:44 Broken Tooth
20:05 Macau
21:37 Sun Tit Fan
23:26 China and North Korea
26:57 Nuclear North Korea
28:32 “They were seen as a joke”
29:08 Who is to blame?
30:36 What can be done?
33:39 Rights to reply

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Incredibly refreshing doc on North Korea. Stark difference compared to the dime a dozen repetitive superficial travel docs. Great job FT, your long form documentaries have been amazing lately!

bejxtyn

I am blown away by the detailed content in this one docu. Perfect length and extremally important content.

ryanreedgibson

More like this please, can't get enough.

BibinBCherian

Excellent investigative journalism by FT as always.

maestrovso

I'm not 12, but I still laughed at "Sun Tit Fan".

pewpewTN

So much emotion in one voice. The first time I heard Charles Bradley sing was a live on radio cover of the Black Sabbath ballad 'Changes', and he knocked it out of the park.

m.a.b.

You guys kill it on your investigations and documentaries. You guys should focus on content like

DabloEscobud

I always wanted to know how in the world they found money to pay for their nuclear program... this went a long way to answering that. Great content.

ChairmanMeow

I won’t lie, I am impressed by their methodical tactics

sagejeanettebrown

As an Englishman, I wish the UN would put this amount of investigative effort into the financial crime being committed in Central London...

RanmaSyaoranSaotome

The depth of reporting here is amazing.

TSquared

0:37: 🚢 This is a story about how the triads facilitate the oil trade that keeps North Korea's weapons program alive.
5:52: 📚 North Korea relies on illicit activities, including arms trade, drug trafficking, and counterfeit money, to generate revenue and support its regime survival.
11:02: 🚢 North Korea evades sanctions by teaming up with organized crime groups, such as the triads, and smuggling oil through Hong Kong.
15:53: 🔍 Suncity Group, a gambling business operated by alleged high-level members of the triads, is accused of running illegal cross-border gambling rings and having connections to organized crime groups.
20:22: 🕵‍♂ A detailed investigation reveals connections between North Korean intelligence, oil-smuggling operations, and Chinese banks, raising questions about China's role in allowing criminal activities under its nose.
25:08: ⚠ China and Russia have been excusing and justifying North Korea's aggressive behavior, putting the Asian region and the world at risk of conflict.
31:46: ! The speaker suggests that the global community should treat North Korea's nuclear program as an organized crime problem and increase international law enforcement cooperation.
Recap by Tammy AI

ambition

Imposing sanctions on a country means you don't care about the ordinary citizens because it is them who suffers from such measures.

debuniinnocent

That last question, "Is this something we're going to have to learn to live with?", should have already been answered a long time ago. The World has been "living with" threats of nuclear armageddon since Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima by Enola Gay on August 6th, 1945. All through the Cold War, and even into the current war in Ukraine, there has always been some Country with a Leader that has an itchy trigger finger and making nuclear threats. I'd say it's a bit late to start learning, it's part of mainstream life at this point.

mikeoleksa