US military boards another oil tanker in Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean

SCMP · 2026-02-15
US military boards another oil tanker in Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean

US military forces boarded another sanctioned tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel from the Caribbean Sea in an effort to target illicit oil connected to Venezuela, the Pentagon said on Sunday. Venezuela had faced US sanctions on its oil for several years, relying on a shadow fleet o