Political and economic insecurity in the Balkans and Libya benefit transnational trafficking syndicates.
way to guarantee their protection. Information and payments are exchanged for the ability to pursue illegal activities.
According to a Libyan smuggler who spoke to ENACT, European traffickers also arrange trans-shipment between vessels at sea in the Mediterranean. With the help of militias, Libyan smugglers exchange petrol for illicit cigarettes and sometimes alcohol or other products. A Montenegrin journalist told ENACT that CTIEC would ostensibly export its cigarettes to Turkey, but the cargo would be issued with false declaration papers in Montenegro and diverted to Libya. From there, the contraband would be shipped to Europe. According to the journalist, other Chinese factories in Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Albania were also major sources of cigarettes sold on North Africa’s black market.
Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
I’ll be fair and just if elected, Tinubu tells north-west Muslim leaders | TheCableBola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says he will offer fair and just representation to all Nigerians if elected president. According to a statement by
Read more »
Presidential committee on flood prevention visits North-East - Punch NewspapersThe most widely read newspaper in Nigeria
Read more »
2023: Why North will vote massively for Tinubu – Campaign DG51 days to the 2023 presidential election, the Director-General (DG) of the Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State re-election, Zubair Umar, has said that the northern electorate would vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Bola Tinubu as it did for Moshood Abiola in 1993.
Read more »
States, FCT to spend over N11.5tr in 2023The 36 state governments and the Federal Capital Territory have proposed to spend over N11.5trn in the 2023 financial year, an analysis by the Daily Trust has shown. The breakdown indicated that N6.482trn will be spent on capital projects while N4.989trn…
Read more »
Truck With ‘Failed Brakes’ Kills Nigerian Air Officer, Injures Another In Kwara, North Central Nigeria | Sahara ReportersA truck with failed brakes has killed a Nigerian Air Force officer LCPL Giselle Nanpon and injured one other officer, LCPL Yahaya Ayuba in Ilorin, Kwara State. It was gathered that Nanpon was crushed to death on Tuesday by the truck, while Ayuba sustained a spinal cord injury in the accident that occurred in the Eyenkorin area, a suburb of Ilorin, the state capital.
Read more »
We'll address Almajiri challenges, Tinubu tells northern clericsMr Tinubu solicited the support of the clerics who assembled in Kano from the seven states of the North-west region.
Read more »