Togo Triangle

The Togo Triangle is an offshore market for stolen oil off the coast of Nigeria and Togo near the Niger Delta. The Triangle has been compared to an "open-air drug market" for trade in illegal crude oil, noted for the presence of pirates.[1][2]

References

  1. Smith, Robert; Simon, Julia (30 October 2014). "How To Steal A Million Barrels Of Oil". Planet Money. NPR. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  2. Mayah, Emmanuel (2 June 2014). "Where stolen Nigerian crude oil is sold". Probe. Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
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