Member of the Parliamentary Security Committee, MP Yasser Iskandar, acknowledged on Monday that the smuggling of oil derivatives has decreased by 80% in Iraq.
Iskandar said in an interview with Al-Maalouma, “The security services are adopting a comprehensive strategy in the file of ending the smuggling of oil derivatives in the country through 3 main axes, the most prominent of which is controlling the movements of tankers on the land roads between the governorates, ending the file of the breeze roads, and tightening procedures at the checkpoints.”
He added, “The smuggling of oil derivatives in Iraq has decreased by 80%, which is an important positive indicator, especially with the dismantling of a series of networks and the arrest of dozens with the tankers used in smuggling between the provinces.”
He pointed out that “the smuggling process has become more difficult in light of the ongoing security pressure and coordination between the governorates, which has yielded positive results in the past months.”
It is noteworthy that the smuggling of oil reservoirs is one of the phenomena that emerged in recent years and caused crises in several governorates.
