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| Iraq confiscates ships for smuggling oil: report |
| | www.chinaview.cn 2004-08-22 08:01:39 |
BAGHDAD, Aug. 21
(Xinhuanet) -- The Department of the Southern Borders and Customs in Iraq
announced that it had confiscated 100 tank-containers and 20 ships that were
used to smuggle oil, a local newspaper reported Saturday.
The tank-containers, with the capacity of each reaches up to 36,000 liters, and
the ships were ready for smuggling oil out of the southern Iraqi borders and
through the Gulf, the report said.
Iraqi Minister of Oil
Thamer Ghadhban announced Friday that the losses of the oil sector due to the
sabotage and smuggling operations had reached about 2 billion US
dollars.
The Iraqi customs police force is exerting an
enormous effort all over the country to control the borders with a view to
stopping the smuggling operations.
It also established several floating sea bases to control the movement of ships and boats and prevent smuggling operations through the Gulf. Enditem |
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