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Police are reportedly inspecting rooftops across Turkmenistan in search of Starlink satellite internet terminals, as residents attempt to bypass slow and heavily restricted internet connections.

Authorities probing possible sanctions evasion among local companies in 2022 placed Alkagesta among the firms under review.

This report examines the operations of Alkagesta Ltd, a Malta‑registered company accused in various reports of transporting oil products with disputed certificates of origin.

Fuel smuggling out of Libya is a billion-dollar business, but there is little knowledge about the extent of the maritime operations that regularly transport refined petroleum products out of Libya.

In 2022, while researching locally-based companies that were potentially violating sanctions, Alkagesta was on my list. The Azerbaijani-owned company is a commodity trader headquartered in Malta with operations in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and even Georgia.

Turkmenistan’s citizens face exorbitant airfares due to widespread corruption and nepotism in the state-controlled aviation sector.