Dossier
fuel theft
Coverage of fuel theft in the Nexus archive.
- Pemex Fuel Theft Losses Drop 30.3% as Mexico Flags Suspicious Money Flows
Mexico's Pemex estimates 2024 fuel-theft losses at 20.53 billion pesos, a 30.3% decline. Tax evasion from smuggled fuel (Huachicol) cost the federal government 809.3 billion pesos between 2018 and 2024. Authorities have flagged suspicious financial flows linked to these crimes.
- Fuel theft on the rise: Police release CCTV of woman in pyjamas 'filling up car before driving off without paying' amid soaring petrol prices
Fuel theft is increasing as police released CCTV footage of a woman in pyjamas filling her car with fuel and driving off without paying, amid rising petrol prices. Authorities are highlighting the issue as a growing concern.