The National Brigade to Combat Fraud of From 26 to 29 August 2025, Petroleum Products carried out a one-off operation urgently in the city of Yaoundé and its surroundings. This operation allowed the Entering “a total volume of 1,725 liters of products tankers , including 1,600 liters of diesel and 125 liters of kerosene.”

Service operations of the Ministry of Water and Energy against petroleum product fraud continue through Yaoundé the capital and its surroundings. According to the ministry of Water and Energy, the petroleum products seized by the brigadiers “were stored and distributed outside any legal circuit, representing a risk major both for the security of populations and for the national economy. One of the sensitive points of this operation was located in the neighborhood Oyomabang, where a clandestine warehouse served as a place of storage and fraudulent redistribution. These operations are carried out on a regular basis in several regions of the country, aim to dismantle the parallel networks of fuel distribution. Fraud and smuggling indeed fuel a black market, which escapes the control of the State, deprives the Public Treasury of important recipes and exposes consumers to products often from dubious quality.”