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New study reveals million dollar business in human trafficking of African refugees to Yemen
2025-01-15
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] A shocking international study has revealed the extent of the illicit trade that thrives on the back of the suffering of African migrants colonists heading to Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
A study conducted by the ''MMC'' (a global network), which specializes in migration research, showed that the smuggling of African migrants colonists to Yemen generates about $30 million annually for organized smuggling gangs.

The study indicated that about 100,000 migrants colonists attempt to cross Yemen annually, making this route a major target for smuggling gangs that operate in an organized manner from Djibouti.

This trade is considered one of the most dangerous types of illegal immigration in the world, as migrants colonists put their lives at risk on a dangerous journey across the Red Sea.

During the past year, hundreds of African migrants colonists arrived on the coasts of Shabwa and Abyan
...a governorate of Yemen. The region was a base to the Aden-Abyan Islamic Army terrorist group until it dropped the name and joined al-Qaeda. Its capital is Zinjibar. In March 2011, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula declared the governate an Islamic Emirate after seizing control of the region. The New York Times fastidiously reported that those in control, while Islamic hard boyz, are not in fact al-Qaeda, but something else that looks, tastes, smells, and acts the same. Yemeni government forces launched an effort to re-establish control of the region when President-for-Life Saleh was tossed and the carnage continues...
 provinces amid accusations against leaders of the UAE-backed factions of collusion with smuggling gangs in exchange for sums of money paid to them on a monthly basis.

Just before Christmas when I ordered lots of green coffee beans from a site in Oakland CA (Oakland where much of our good coffee enters the USA), They had 3 types from Yemen. They have not had Yemen coffee in years so somehow Yemen coffee is on the world's market again even though they lob missiles and drones like confetti.
Posted by:Fred

#4  TW .. Nobody else grows beans the way Yemen does. I would never drink Yemen coffee. They rot the fruit and leave the rotten fruit to burn off the beans when they roast it. Sometimes the save some of the rotten fruits and make a tea out of the putrid fruit. It's truly a disgusting way to prepare a food source and drinking it is an acquired taste.
Posted by: 3dc   2025-01-15 16:07  

#3  Unless what’s being sold as Yemeni beans is mislabelled cheaper stuff from somewhere else…
Posted by: trailing wife   2025-01-15 10:53  

#2  Oakland is just where most beans come into the USA. But blood diamonds might be correct. Last time green beans from Yemen on the market were about $25 a pound. This time the most expensive were $14/lb and the cheapest were $10/lb.
Compare to the best Colombian at $8.50 with lowest green Colombian at $6.50. This is like $55 roasted to $70 roasted in your local high quality store for Colombian. Most cost if after roasting. So if one could find roasted Yemen on the market it would be way over $100/lb.
Posted by: 3dc   2025-01-15 10:13  

#1  So Yemen coffee beans are kinda like South African blood diamonds trafficed thru Oakland?
Posted by: Skidmark   2025-01-15 04:38  

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