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The US seized tanker M/T Skipper carrying 1.8 million barrels of sanctioned Venezuelan oil to disrupt funding for Iran-backed terrorist groups, officials said.
- The U.S. seized the tanker M/T Skipper off Venezuela's coast just before a judge's signed warrant expired, according to court documents.
- Venezuela's government denounced the seizure as 'international piracy' and 'blatant theft', labeling it an act of criminal naval piracy.
- FBI Director Kash Patel stated that the seizure reflects the U.S. efforts to impose costs on the governments of Venezuela and Iran.
- The M/T Skipper was used to transport sanctioned oil and recently left Venezuela's main oil port with 1.8 million barrels of crude oil.
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Washington, United States. A U.S. court released the heavily censored court order that authorized the seizure by Washington of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, a measure that Caracas denounced as an act of “international piracy” and “scared theft.” Unlike the high seas attacks on alleged narco-lanches, which have caused nearly 90 deaths since September, this operation, carried out on Wednesday, was accompanied by a confiscation order.Th…
On Friday, the United States published the federal court order authorizing the seizure of the oil tanker M/T Skipper, which was addressed on Wednesday by the Coast Guard in international waters after leaving Venezuela, although the section of the affidavit that argues the measure appears completely crossed out. The order, issued by a trial judge on November 26, was partially declassified at the request of the prosecutors, according to the announ…
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