A Joint Nigerian Task Force reports the capture of 46 suspected oil thieves and fourteen vessels loaded with stolen petroleum products in the Akassa River. Part of the growing problem in the area of thieves stealing from ships and unguarded oil pipelines and then exporting the oil onto the black market, Nigerian officials say they arrested another 50 suspects over the past three-months and destroyed some 2000 illegal refineries. This black market is said to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars per year.
Source: planetdata.net
Source: planetdata.net
