2017考研英语拓展阅读：朝鲜以世界级技术大量伪造人民币

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    2017考研英语拓展阅读：朝鲜以世界级技术大量伪造人民币
    SEOUL, June 23 (UPI) - North Korea has been printing large amounts of
counterfeit Chinese currency under the supervision of Kim Jong Un, a defector
group said Thursday.
    6月23日首尔电(合众国际社)——星期四，据脱北者透露，朝鲜正在最高领导人金正恩亲自主持下，大量印刷假人民币。
    The South Korea-based organization North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity
said the information is from a source based in North Korea, local news service
Newsis reported.
    据韩国的新闻Newsis报道，在韩国的朝鲜知识分子团结会介绍，他们是从朝鲜得到的可靠消息。
    According to the source, a mint in the North Korean city of Pyongsong in
South Pyongan Province specializes in the printing of fake Chinese yuan, the
group said.
    根据该情报，印刷假人民币的中心在朝鲜平安南道平城市的一家造币厂，该厂专门负责印刷假币。
    A secret North Korean task force called "Unha," under the financial
accounting department of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party, is
managing the illicit project.
    朝鲜劳动党中央委员会财政会计部下设有一个代号“银河”的秘密小组，专门负责管理这一非法项目。
    North Korea began printing the high-quality bills in 2013, and according to
NK Intellectuals Solidarity, the task force has Kim’s approval for a "three-step
strategy."
    团结会介绍说，大规模印刷假人民币开始于2013年，这一金正恩特别批准成立的小组采取的是一种“三步走策略”。
    "The fake currency is first circulated and tested in North Korean markets
for sophistication, then tested for safety in a third country, then distributed
in massive quantities in China," the activists said.
    “首先，假钞是在朝鲜市场上流通，以测试是否会被发现，然后再送到第三国去检测其安全性，最后大规模输入中国。”
    North Korea uses enterprises nested inside its embassies abroad to access
the foreign exchange, and working together with "foreign criminal associations,"
mixes in the counterfeit currency with other bills in order to place them in
circulation.
    朝鲜使用与其大使馆挂钩的企业建立自己的外汇通道，他们还和“外国犯罪组织”合作，将假人民币和其他假钞投入流通领域。
    The group also said a handful of North Koreans were prosecuted in Beijing
in May for using fake U.S. dollars in transactions.
    团结会还说，5月间，有不少朝鲜人因为使用假美元在北京被起诉。
    A North Korean restaurant worker in Dandong, China, is also being
investigated on suspicions of using counterfeit cash, the group said.
    该组织说，在中国丹东朝鲜餐厅的一名工作人员也因为涉嫌使用假钞而受到了调查。
    In April, Hong Kong media reported North Korea has "world-class"
counterfeiting technology capable of manufacturing U.S. dollars and Japanese
yen, in addition to the yuan.
    4月间，一家香港媒体曾经报道称朝鲜拥有“世界级”的假钞技术，不仅能伪造人民币，还能伪造美元和日元。