Drug Smuggling into Yemen
This article makes the good point that if its coming in on planes, that the high ranking regime figures are involved:
Some big Sheikhs and influential figures are involved in such kind of business. It includes everything and all products.However, the stories which hear about the smuggling of medicine are horrible and disgusting. It is truly a very serious problem that targets the lives of the people.
Medicines of different kinds are being brought into the country through smugglers. The victims, of course, are the ordinary citizens who buy and consume medicine that has no value and can be very serious. I have learnt that around 40% of the medicines brought into the country are either smuggled or forged. The problem is that the people in charge of health ministry and drugs producers union are fully aware of such danger and can do nothing to stop it as smugglers are either influential figures or protected by them.
This is really very good because everyone knew about the drug smuggling but there was not too much written tying it to the regime. Y20 addressed it somewhat but it really exists in a much broader way than just bringing it into the private docks of the President’s relative. And the US is spending money for a coast guard. It would be nice to have some one authentically cooperative and authentically concerned for the welfare of the people in the presidency.
