"On 7 October 2005, Garland was arrested in Belfast on foot of an extradition application issued by the US authorities. The American authorities allege that Garland has been involved in a massive counterfeiting operation involving almost perfect copies of US dollars — so-called "superdollars". They also allege that this counterfeiting involved the government of North Korea. Garland was released on bail. His supporters believe that the U.S. waited for Garland to travel north of the Irish border before seeking his extradition, believing the United Kingdom authorities would be more willing to acquiesce than those in the Republic of Ireland. In June 2007 the Irish edition of the Mail on Sunda[b]...

"On 7 October 2005, Garland was arrested in Belfast on foot of an extradition application issued by the US authorities. The American authorities allege that Garland has been involved in a massive counterfeiting operation involving almost perfect copies of US dollars — so-called "superdollars". They also allege that this counterfeiting involved the government of North Korea. Garland was released on bail. His supporters believe that the U.S. waited for Garland to travel north of the Irish border before seeking his extradition, believing the United Kingdom authorities would be more willing to acquiesce than those in the Republic of Ireland. In June 2007 the Irish edition of the Mail on Sunday said that there was evidence that the affair was a US plot to provide a pretext for a military attack on North Korea (Irish Mail on Sunday, 24th June 2007). Similar claims were made in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in January 2007 which claimed the real source of the "superdollars" is a secret printing facility in the US owned by the CIA" (see Phoenix Magazine, July 13, 2007)"

Seán Garland is president of the Workers Party of Ireland