BBC: Risking death to smuggle alcohol past Somali bandits and Islamist fighters

TekNiKo

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Unfortunately alcohol is very cheap in Somalia border towns Abudwaq, Balanbal , Galgodob etc. These smugglers then sell it to HAG for a huge profit.
 

NidarNidar

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Dalalos_ibn_Adali

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How do you know that?
Supply/demand

They must love their alcohol in Mogadishu so the demand is high and the supply can't keep up driving up the price ! Also the fact that Caabudwaaq is on the border with Ethiopia making cost of transporting goods from Ethiopia cheaper.

Finally import tax, between the border and Mogadishu there are multiple clans and complex trade agreements between said clans.

trade inside Somalia is like trading inside Europe pre-world war 1, they have come a very long way to make trade cheaper and make more sense for all but as Somalis we still have a long way to go.
 

Dalalos_ibn_Adali

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Galdogob making the news for the wrong reasons smh 🤦‍♂️ those smugglers are destroying the Somali society
Its not just alcohol or khat that is imported from Ethiopia, its everything. This trade is important for Goldogob and the relations with Ethiopia is important which is why I always clash with Kacaanist old heads who hate the Habesh in their bones, losing track of basic economic interest.
 

TekNiKo

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Supply/demand

They must love their alcohol in Mogadishu so the demand is high and the supply can't keep up driving up the price ! Also the fact that Caabudwaaq is on the border with Ethiopia making cost of transporting goods from Ethiopia cheaper.

Finally import tax, between the border and Mogadishu there are multiple clans and complex trade agreements between said clans.

trade inside Somalia is like trading inside Europe pre-world war 1, they have come a very long way to make trade cheaper and make more sense for all but as Somalis we still have a long way to go.
Yup, you hit the nail in the head, while it cost $10 a bottle in these border towns, Reer Muqdisho have to pay $50+, this is a huge profit for smugglers. It also gets rid of the poison in these border towns and infects their lands with alcholism :trumpsmirk:
 
Yup, you hit the nail in the head, while it cost $10 a bottle in these border towns, Reer Muqdisho have to pay $50+, this is a huge profit for smugglers. It also gets rid of the poison in these border towns and infects their lands with alcholism :trumpsmirk:
Nigga even knows the price in Cabudwaaq. Have you smuggled or bought a few dhalo yourself sir?
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johnsepei5

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Damn I’m so pissed off

the Ethiopians got the alcohol industry in Somalia on lock.they must be raking millions
What happend to the Somali bootleggers and alcohol makers

i would rather have a Somali profit off it than a xabeshi
 
Damn I’m so pissed off

the Ethiopians got the alcohol industry in Somalia on lock.they must be raking millions
What happend to the Somali bootleggers and alcohol makers

i would rather have a Somali profit off it than a xabeshi
Bootleg alcohol is dangerous. A mistake in the production could produce methanol. one or two sips and you'll end up blind or dead
 
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Damn I’m so pissed off

the Ethiopians got the alcohol industry in Somalia on lock.they must be raking millions
What happend to the Somali bootleggers and alcohol makers

i would rather have a Somali profit off it than a xabeshi
Wrong mentality. We shouldn’t have any khamri coming in or moonshine being produced. This is terrible.
 

johnsepei5

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Wrong mentality. We shouldn’t have any khamri coming in or moonshine being produced. This is terrible.
As long as there is demand there will always be supply

it’s bad
But somali addictions should not be fuelling hostile nations economies,khat revenues Ethiopia is taking is already bad enough
 
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