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Trump says US still actively pursuing oil tanker linked to Venezuela that fled from Coast Guard
The U.S. Coast Guard over the weekend was “in active pursuit of a sanctioned dark fleet vessel that is part of Venezuela’s illegal sanctions evasion,” an official told ABC News. “It is flying a false flag and under a judicial seizure order,” the official said at the time.
The US is pursuing a vessel in international waters near Venezuela on Sunday after attempting to intercept it, a US official said, as President Donald Trump’s administration tightens its crackdown on the country’s oil industry.
Just a day after the United States seized an oil tanker near Venezuela, another operation is underway. It would mark the third seizure in under two weeks.
Oil exports, the country’s financial lifeblood, have plummeted after the United States took action against three ships that have been used to carry its crude.
The pursuit of the tanker, off the coast of Venezuela, is the second such operation this weekend and the third in less than a week.
The U.S. is 'in active pursuit' of an oil tanker after President Donald Trump announced a total blockade of Venezuela's oil exports.
The tanker, known as the Skipper, was seized on Dec. 10 amid escalating tensions between U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
China on Monday accused the U.S. of violating international law in seizing oil tankers off the coast of Venezuela, appearing to take the side of Caracas as Washington looks to take a third oil
GALVESTON, Texas — Nearly two weeks after the U.S. seized a Venezuelan oil tanker believed to be part of a ghost fleet, the ship arrived off the shore of Galveston.
The vessel is part of Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" - unregulated ships that Kyiv says are exporting large quantities of oil despite Western sanctions.
The fleet of ghost ships Venezuela uses to smuggle part of its oil to black markets, which President Donald Trump vowed this week to stop with a military blockade, is made up of dozens of old tankers and operates following the example of other nations under sanctions such as Russia and Iran,
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