By Laura Mallonee In Pakistan, a gallon of diesel costs more than $3. In Iran, it’s just 34 cents. The math is simple, and it sends droves of poor, Iranian smugglers speeding to the border in beat-up Toyota pickups loaded down with fuel. Sadegh Souri tried his best to keep up while trailing the couriers […]
SEE ALSO: Fuel saving truck convoying to be tested in UAE SEE ALSO: UAE firms turn to telematics to fight fuel costs SEE ALSO: Hydrogen fuel cell device to be available by 2017 By: David Nicholls, VP of situational awareness and telematics, Restrata The UAE has experienced rising fuel prices month on month since the […]
The National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company in Kurdestan Province has exported more than 42 million liters of diesel to Iraqi Kurdistan region over the past year, the head of the company said. “Plans are underway to boost diesel export capacity by 1 million liters per day as Kurdestan Province is equipped with the necessary […]
RAMALLAH, West Bank — So far, 2017 has been an exceptionally busy year for smugglers moving adulterated fuel from Israel to the West Bank. The fuel is not only causing damage to the machinery in which it is used, but also to the coffers of the Palestinian Authority (PA), which loses out on tax revenue that would […]
Born in 1985 in Nahavand City, in the Hamedan province in Iran; Sadegh Souri raises up to be one of the most promising photographers of his time. This young, talented man succeeds to represent the dreadful truth of the fuel smuggling through his work on the photos that you can check further below. If you […]
Ahmad once earned a good living as a fisherman on Lake Hamoun in Iran’s Sistan Basin. But after the lake dried up due to severe drought and water diversion for irrigation, he began smuggling fuel. He is not alone: approximately six million liters of fuel are smuggled from Iran to Pakistan every day (or […]
By Mariana Somensi The signalization of fuel smart cards has been ongoing in Egypt since 2013. Although the project raised an important flag of combat against fuel smuggling and corruption in the system, it has remained on papers without significant progress. However, the Egyptian state took, late May 2017, a new step forward towards the […]
By AFP Published: December 17, 2015 RIYADH: Saudi Arabia, whose subsidised fuel prices are among the world’s lowest, said on Thursday it foiled a large-scale attempt to illegally export diesel fuel. Nine million litres (around two million gallons) of the fuel in 450 tankers “had been prepared at a number of locations” in Riyadh and […]
AMMAN: A smuggling route that is the source of fuel to the rebel-held half of Daraa province remains cut off for a second week on Thursday after regime forces seized territory cutting through the heart of the route—leaving hundreds of thousands of residents with no fuel supply. Syrians living under opposition control in Daraa province […]
Jul 8, 2016 The International Press Institute (IPI) said today it was concerned that criminal charges brought against Aydın Doğan, a leading publisher and businessman in Turkey, could be a further attempt to silence the Doğan media group. On March 22, an Istanbul court accepted the state prosecutor’s indictment accusing Doğan, founder and honorary chairman of Doğan […]