What I am wondering is why were these people allowed to operate in the U.K. in the first place considering North Korea’s long history of using insurance fraud to bring in foreign currency:

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Britain has effectively deported two London-based officials of North Korea’s state insurance firm by refusing to renew their visas after the firm was slapped with sanctions in the wake of Pyongyang’s January nuclear test, a diplomatic source said.

In April, Britain blacklisted the North’s Korea National Insurance Corp. and its London office in line with European Union sanctions imposed after the North’s fourth nuclear test in January and a long-range rocket launch in February.

“It’s part of implementation of sanctions to deny visas for those working for a sanctioned entity,” a source said.  [Yonhap]

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Further reading:

https://www.rokdrop.net/2010/03/north-korea-reportedly-has-4-billion-in-european-banks/