Certain crimes that apply nationally, such as counterfeiting currency or mail theft, are automatically tried at a federal level.

Kim was also suspected of devising plans to raise cash by kidnapping Japanese, dealing drugs through North Korean embassies and counterfeiting currency.

Kim is also suspected of devising plans to raise cash by kidnapping Japanese, dealing drugs through North Korean embassies and counterfeiting currency.

Kim has also been suspected of devising plans to raise cash by kidnapping Japanese, dealing drugs through North Korean embassies and counterfeiting currency.

Onshore, Puntland has also seen the emergence of powerful criminal gangs involved in kidnapping and money counterfeiting.