Voice of America: Nigeria Prepares to Prosecute 500 Detained Oil Thieves

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Nigeria Prepares to Prosecute 500 Detained Oil Thieves Jul 18th 2013, 20:03, by webdesk@voanews.com (Reuters) Nigeria's government is preparing to prosecute 500 people it has detained on allegations of stealing oil, officials said on Thursday in a crackdown on a criminal enterprise that drains up to a fifth of the country's oil output.   Gangs tap into pipelines in the creeks and swamps of the Niger Delta, siphoning off hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil a day in operations known as "bunkering."   The governor of Delta state, Emmanuel Uduaghan, told reporters after a ... Media files: 5620A9C4-AD1E-468E-A93B-F4BC16D3A8AB_cx2_cy3_cw96_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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