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In 2002, a Britishcrimesyndicatewascaughtprintingsuperdollarson a smallerscale, andsomehavealsoaccusedtheCIAofproducing a variantforoff-the-booksoperations.
Whileitmightnotseemlike a bigdealforNorthKoreatoprintsomeextracashtonotfeedpeoplewith, foreigncounterfeitingoperationshavelongbeenconsideredanactofwar.
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