Another brazen theft of Spanish olive oil is the latest example of how record prices are fueling a crime surge in the top grower.
Spain’s olive crisis offers a reminder of how climate change threatens supply. A devastating drought slashed the nation’s olive oil output in half in the 2022-23 season, and production challenges in Italy have helped crimp supplies globally. Dryness and heat waves this year have also threatened Spain’s upcoming harvest, and farmer group ASAJA expects a similarly bad crop..That’s helped spot prices in the country’s south to more than double from the start of last year.
Higher prices often encourage more crime in commodities from platinum to copper to lumber. For olives, bandits are targeting the fruit — either freshly picked or still on trees — as well as the processed oil. Some 259,000 kilograms of olives were stolen in Spain’s key Jaen region in the 2022-23 season, up 29% from the previous year, according to a government body.Article content
And in mid-August, burglars targeted 7,000 liters of olive oil stored in Teba, Malaga. They took packaged oil and even spilled some on the floor as they tried to bottle some themselves. The staple is also a popular product to fake. In March, authorities in Spain’s Extremadura region withdrew 11 brands from the market that had been mixed with other oils and which were not fit for consumption.
To improve security, producers like Parra are installing new gates or considering hiring guards. One hope for the oil stolen in Carcabuey is that the police find the culprits because they lack official traceability documents, according to Macarena Sanchez, head of the local olive oil mills association.RECOMMENDED VIDEO
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