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Economic phenomena in 2011
On: Wed, 28/12/2011 7:28
□ Baghdad / economic-term follow-up
expert attributed the circles and other social prices of meat and livestock in the troubled country to the phenomenon of cattle smuggling to neighboring countries. Emerged and this phenomenon is striking in the current year 2011 to a large degree through the smuggling groups found in the security vacuum across the common border with the neighboring countries,
Opportunity to make huge profits. The agricultural expert said Fawzi Turkish smuggling operation that occurs in one direction, from Iraq to the outside. The smuggling, the opposite occurs in trace quantities.
and the prices of livestock in Iraq is very large, so the price of one head of cattle to about three hundred thousand dinars, while the price of a kilogram of meat to about twenty thousand dinars. The Ministry of Agriculture recently announced a plan to counter the smuggling of livestock to neighboring countries.
According to the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Mehdi ligature Qaisi, the plan includes a numbered cattle in all parts of the country, which would give the ministry a full database of numbers and their locations. For his part, sees the agricultural engineer Qais Mamouri that the plan would not be effective in preventing the smuggling of cattle out of the border, if not accompanied, security arrangements on the common border to prevent smuggling. Indicating that the numbering will be positive, certainly facilitate the vaccination of livestock and improved breeds.
decline of livestock
, according to the World Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), about forty percent of the livestock in Iraq, fled after the year 2003 to the neighboring countries.
and Qais Mamouri that the development of Livestock almost stopped in Iraq, since 2000, which led to a clear lack of numbers of livestock in the country by 33% compared to 1980.
According to the observer economist Adel al-Rubaie, the majority of the economies of border villages depend on the smuggling of all kinds, especially the smuggling of livestock, which The trade does not Teixd no matter how long days.
Despite the fact that those areas and border villages became the focus of attention of the security forces and the U.S., due to the infiltration of terrorists across into Iraq, but that the phenomenon of smuggling cattle never stopped through these villages because of the ability of smugglers dodging and disguise the government forces .
He attributed the farmers sheep, Shaker Hilal, the continued smuggling of livestock to the drought and lack of feed and reverse the grazing areas, which encouraged many people to smuggling, which generates one head of cattle smuggled exponentially money compared to its as if it was sold to a butcher or a citizen.
and the dealer livestock Saadoun Hussein in Karbala that the smuggling operation starts from the market by Iqbal people to buy large numbers of livestock, and prices are not standing then a lot of ability to pay, then the movement of cattle purchased through the guides and the sponsors of skilled know the Border Roads good to be transported to neighboring countries.
Bilateral agreements
and said Mamouri that this occurs through bilateral agreements recognized standards, which Agreements are continuing between the people Amthnoa smuggling, and they have great ability to maneuver and overcome difficulties at the border. "
noting that such agreements are under way with the border guards themselves, where their share of the profits. and across the decades was the smuggling of livestock are in full swing, but increased significantly after 2003 due to security and economic conditions experienced by Iraq.
In 2010, arrested a gang that smuggled cattle from the province of Samawa to neighboring countries, where he confessed to the smugglers that organized networks of tens of people organize their operations across customers in neighboring countries.
Large profits
and the dealer said cattle Rahim al-Asadi: drawer some traders in the period of economic sanctions during the nineties the past to the smuggling of livestock due to twice the value of local currency at the time, where the generating process profit is very large, and the merchants were charging prices in dollars at a time when the value of Iraqi dinar close to zero .
and counting Asadi dozens of Iraqi traders in Ramadi, Karbala, Najaf, Nasiriyah, Mosul, and they are known to all, accustomed to wealth and wide as a result of smuggling.
He continues: "Some of the names are known even to the security agencies, but the influence of money and inducements offered to the officials made them overlook all that happens."
Figures smuggling and markets well-known
in the livestock markets in Babylon, Najaf, Karbala, Baghdad and Nasiriyah, gray, feel free to well-known personalities of the smuggled cattle, where the SWEEP market their abilities to buy sheep. He adds: "I sold about a month ago ten heads of sheep to the dealer, even though I know that the purpose of smuggling, but can not deter it."
In the face of the purchasing power of the huge smugglers, non-existent to the citizen and merchant simple and even butcher a chance to get cattle to the required specifications and at the right price. The livestock dealer said Tawfiq Jubouri up while smuggling middlemen to markets, prices double.
Morals national
Despite that patrols the Iraqi border security holds a lot of cattle smuggling, the smugglers know a lot of times how to bypass checkpoints and investigations across the pathways are difficult to access by the police, in addition to the use of night cover to pass their plans.
Lieutenant Kamel Hassan of the Najaf police: that armed clashes occur between patrols, smugglers drop the dead and wounded in some cases by both parties indicating that educators often armed, and were ready for any confrontation with the police.
Hassan added that the authorities concerned are aware of what is happening in the livestock markets, but they are not able to deterrence, because they are often buying is between two people, they agreed to sell and purchase.
He continued: You can not accuse someone, bought large quantities of cattle that he prepared for smuggling. He continues: The solution lies in increasing awareness and carry the spirit of national responsibility first, then the closure of border crossings, obstructing the access points to the smugglers their communities. "
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