A UN report released this week details the various systems of bribery that are commonplace in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), facilitating work, travel, and even personal freedom.

The US has accused a Chinese-based company of laundering money from a sanctioned North Korean bank through American financial institutions, Reuters reported Friday.

 U.S. Federal prosecutors are investigating North Korea’s role in the attempted theft of nearly US$ 1 billion from the Central Bank of Bangladesh in February 2016.