In a dramatic escalation of U.S. pressure on hostile regimes, federal forces intercepted and seized a massive crude-oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela—one of the largest ever captured. President Trump confirmed the operation from the White House, calling it a major blow to an international smuggling network that moved sanctioned oil from both Venezuela and Iran to fund foreign terrorist organizations. The FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, and the U.S. Coast Guard executed the warrant with military support, neutralizing what officials described as a “stateless vessel” deeply embedded in years of illicit energy trade. The move jolted global markets, lifting Brent crude prices, and signaled Washington’s readiness to disrupt rogue-state financing far beyond U.S. shores.
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