This Friday morning, the United States seized the “Olina” oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, near Trinidad and Tobago, as confirmed by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.

“Early this morning, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) boarded and seized the tanker Olina in international waters in the eastern Caribbean Sea. Like another tanker in the “ghost fleet,” suspected of transporting embargoed oil, this vessel had sailed from Venezuela attempting to evade US forces,” the official stated on tankers, enforce US and international law, and eliminate these sources of funding for illicit activities, including drug trafficking. For its part, US Southern Command also confirmed the operation along with the message, “Once again, our joint interagency forces sent a clear message this morning: 'There is no safe haven for ghost fleets.'” criminals.” falsely sailing under the flag of East Timor and had departed from Venezuela.

“It left Venezuela last week fully loaded with oil and the ship was returning fully loaded to Venezuela after the US blockade of Venezuelan oil exports,” the source said.