Republic of Zambia seeing significant return on investment after beginning to enforce its fuel authentication program. Republic of Zambia seeing significant return on investment after beginning to enforce its fuel authentication program. In recent years, the government of Zambia became aware they had a problem with illegal fuel dumping and/or adulteration. In fact, Zambia’s Energy Regulation Board (ERB) estimated that these activities were depriving the government of 81 million dollars USD per year in fuel tax revenue. To determine what fuel products were being manipulated, and where in the country the illicit activities were most rampant, the ERB implemented an ongoing fuel authentication program. In February of this year, fuel from all government depots and certain national- oil-company

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