Crude Business: Oil Theft Communities and Poverty in Nigeria

The extraction of crude oil and natural gas in Nigeria is plagued by rampant pollution and widespread corruption. Government officials collude with unscrupulous executives from national and international oil companies to embezzle public revenues. This corruption has severely compromised public agencies, including security forces, facilitating illicit activities throughout the upstream and downstream sectors of the oil industry.

Crude Business: Oil Theft Communities and Poverty in Nigeria is one of the series of Social Action’s Report published by in 2014