British MPs disappointed at progress of clampdown on North’s fuel launderers

A powerful committee of British MPs has expressed bitter disappointment at the lack of progress on new measures to tackle fuel fraud in the North.

Customs officials should redouble efforts to acquire the latest marker technology to prevent rebated diesel from being sold at higher prices by criminal gangs and paramilitaries, the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee added.

Launderers who remove the dye to allow the sale of cut-price agricultural diesel to ordinary motorists cost district councils £330,000 (€397,156) for waste removal during the last five years, the committee’s report said.