Exposure of an Extensive Iraqi Oil Smuggling Network to Turkey and Afghanistan

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According to Alhurra, a 14-page 'top secret' intelligence document prepared by the Geospatial Intelligence (GSI) division of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior reveals that oil smuggling networks have evolved from local thefts into an integrated logistics system. The document, based on satellite imagery from 2021 to summer 2026, identifies two main smuggling routes: an eastern route toward Iran and Afghanistan, and a northern route toward Turkey via the Ibrahim Khalil crossing. The report states that oil smuggled into Iran is mixed with Iranian products and exported to Afghanistan as Iranian goods. On the northern route, the document accuses the Norwegian company DNO of selling a portion of its oil production to local buyers outside the framework of the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO), which is then smuggled into Turkey via Ibrahim Khalil. An Iraqi Interior Ministry colonel confirmed the authenticity of the document, and the Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament has ordered the formation of a committee to investigate these findings.