North Korea is managing to bypass international sanctions and gain access to the global financial system using shell companies and bogus documents according to confidential bank documents NBC News says it has seen.

The documents indicate that North Korea, alongside other rogue actors, move millions of US dollars across borders in transactions cleared through US banks, including JPMorgan and the Bank of New York Mellon, according to the news channel.

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