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Malaysia targets border fuel outlets supplying smugglers
Online Reporters, Published on 02/07/2024
» Dozens of petrol stations in Malaysia near the border with Thailand face potential closure for involvement in the smuggling of cheaper fuel into Thailand.
Cops hunt oil smuggling masterminds
News, Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 19/06/2024
» Police vowed to find the masterminds of the oil-smuggled gang and will arrest another seven crew members who have been missing after the three seized oil-smuggling vessels were recaptured on Monday.
Police recover stolen oil-smugglers' boats
Assawin Pakkawan, Published on 18/06/2024
» SONGKHLA: Police have recovered three confiscated fishing boats modified to smuggle diesel that were stolen from a pier in Chon Buri last week, but the 330,000 litres of contraband fuel they were carrying were missing.
Ending subsidies won’t stop fuel smuggling from Malaysia
Online Reporters, Published on 11/06/2024
» Malaysia is expecting smugglers will be even busier along the border with Thailand now that Kuala Lumpur has ended diesel subsidies.
Spread through a market, coronavirus overwhelms Venezuelan oil hub
AFP, Published on 09/07/2020
» MARACAIBO (VENEZUELA) - The pain of breathing made butcher Elkin cry. He caught the coronavirus in a street market where he works in Maracaibo, the main city in a once-prosperous oil producing region of Venezuela that has been left destitute by a fuel shortage and frequent blackouts. It's also a virus hotspot.
Iran Guards seize 'foreign tanker' accused of fuel smuggling
AFP, Published on 18/07/2019
» TEHRAN - Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Thursday they had detained a "foreign tanker" and its crew for allegedly smuggling fuel, the latest incident in a tense standoff in the Gulf.
Trawlers caught delivering large cargo of contraband oil
Nujaree Raekrun, Published on 20/03/2019
» NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: About 300,000 litres of contraband fuel were seized from two modified fishing trawlers and 13 people arrested at a pier in Tha Sala district early on Wednesday.
Animal farms fuel cruel, illegal trade in rare wildlife
New York Times, Published on 06/06/2017
» BOKEO PROVINCE, Laos -- The tiger paced back and forth in its cage, groaning mournfully. A second big cat slept soundly in the corner, while a third stared blankly at the bars.
Bullets trump rehabilitation in drug war
Reuters, Published on 13/09/2016
» The Philippines is the site of the latest "war on drugs" escalation. It has killed at least 2,400 people in just two months, while neighbouring Indonesia has declared a "narcotics emergency" and resumed executing drug convicts after a long hiatus.
Trade resumes at main Tunisia-Libya crossing: officials
AFP, Published on 15/05/2016
» ZARZIS (TUNISIA) - Border traffic between Tunisia and Libya resumed on Saturday after the two countries reached a deal to lift a trade blockade at the main frontier crossing following angry street protests.