Actually, most of them do it openly. Others do it under the names of their children, who are sometimes as young as a few years old. Parliament was considering a law addressing this matter. But the government withdrew the draft of the law, and that was the end of that. It is true that when decision-makers are also businessmen, then the conflict of interest leads to tremendous loss to society and to the system.
Smuggling is a major headache for our economy.
The Yemen Times is a well-informed paper. You know the answer to your question. The reason is that the people who engage in smuggling are themselves the arbiters of power in this country. Those in power are directly engaged in smuggling, or they are patrons of the smugglers. I have said this on television.