A suspected oil thief rides a wooden boat full of stolen crude oil on the creeks of Bayelsa, Nigeria in May 2013. Nigeria is moving its efforts to cut oil smuggling to target foreign players increasingly implicated in the trade. Associated Press LONDON—Nigeria last month handed down a long prison term, in absentia, to the Indian owner of a vessel suspected of carrying stolen crude—moving its efforts to cut oil smuggling to target foreign players increasingly implicated in the trade. Africa’s largest economy has long battled theft from its oil pipelines in the southern Niger Delta. That’s sapped revenue and scared off foreign investment. Nigerian courts have tried and convicted individual thieves accused of tapping into oil pipelines, or crews arrested on board vessels carrying stolen oil. But authorities have generally not taken action against the international shippers alleged to increasingly carry the oil out to international waters. But […]