Oil Theft: How criminal networks are moving from creeks to communities

For decades, Nigeria’s oil theft crisis was largely associated with remote creeks, mangrove swamps and offshore vandalism in the Niger Delta. Increasingly, however, security agencies say the trade is migrating inland-embedding itself within civilian communities, markets and transport corridors where it can operate under the cover of everyday commerce. The recent exposure of Owaza Mami Market […] The post Oil Theft: How criminal networks are moving from creeks to communities appeared first on ...

By Urowayino Jeremiah