The Security Council team of experts said on Sunday in its report that despite the recurrent price increases of petroleum products, fuel smuggling by sea has not risen to previous levels.
The experts’ team added that the smuggling of fuel was in the narrowest range, using small boats to transport other legitimate or illegal goods, which allowed the smugglers to make great profits, indicating that there are secret sources that reported a sudden rise in the smuggling of illegal exports, and this was not clear to the experts’ team.
The team revealed that the smuggling of fuel across the border contributed to the scarcity of fuel in the southern region, in particular, which led to an increase in its price, noting that armed groups throughout the country had benefited from the revenues.