According to a live broadcast by Al Jazeera, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has ordered the replacement of nine senior security and administrative officials in connection with an investigation into suspected oil smuggling in the southern part of the country. Citing a leaked intelligence report, the report stated that two strategic oil pipelines had been tapped for oil theft, with related black market transactions amounting to tens of millions of dollars per month. The report also noted that the investigated area is a stronghold of Kataib Hezbollah; this does not mean that the group or the replaced officials have been judicially determined to be involved in the smuggling.