High-Stakes Maritime Drama: US Seizes Russian-Flagged Oil Tanker Linked to Venezuela Sanctions Evasion in Daring North Atlantic Operation
US seizes Russian tanker intensifies in January 2026 as Coast Guard forces board the Marinera oil tanker (formerly Bella 1) in the North Atlantic seizure, with a second Venezuela-linked tanker intercepted in the Caribbean, escalating enforcement against illicit Venezuela oil exports and shadow fleet networks. U.S. authorities executed a gripping high-seas operation on January 7, … Read more