Tag: charcoal
Iran is new illicit transit point for Somali charcoal
Criminal networks are using Iran as a transit point for illicit Somali charcoal exports earning Islamist militants al Shabaab millions of dollars...
Conference examines charcoal smuggling and terrorism
The inaugural conference on combatting the illicit smuggling of charcoal was held at the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) headquarters in Bahrain on...
Rebel-backed charcoal traffickers allegedly destroy swathes of Congo forest
Huge swathes of forest land in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park are being destroyed for valuable charcoal by criminals...
Illegal Somali charcoal exports fuel Islamist rebels, warlords
Illegal exports of Somali charcoal earned al Shabaab militants tens of millions of dollars in the past year and also financed violations...
Somalia to halt banned charcoal trade at port recaptured from al...
Somalia's president said on Saturday he would halt charcoal exports from Barawe, a port town recaptured from an Islamist group who U.N....