Plaintiffs' Attorneys Hunt For North Korea's Money -- L.A. TimesLawyers for those wronged by the secretive regime find it hard to collect on court judgments. In such cases against other countries, Washington often stands in the way, fearful of setting a precedent that could work against it.
Reporting from Seoul — Plaintiffs' attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner was in her Jerusalem office in July when she got news of the Puerto Rican court's verdict.
A judge there had just issued a $378-million civil judgment for her clients: the families of 17 Puerto Rican missionaries killed by Japanese Red Army militants at an Israeli airport in 1972.
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My Comment: A friend of mine told that people never learn anything until they get hit in the pocketbook. She is right .... and when it comes to governments like Iran and North Korea, taking their money will definitely hurt them.