North Korean diplomats in Iran moonlighting as gold and cash smugglers regularly used the Emirates airline to fly between Tehran and Dubai, a recently published United Nations report stated.

The smuggling route – previously described by the U.N. as part of one of the “most lucrative markets for North Korean military-related cooperation” — allegedly involved hundreds of flights over the years between the two capital cities.

Now, a member state has told the U.N’s Panel of Experts on North Korea that at least two DPRK diplomats working on the smuggling route have been using