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US moves to legally control tanker and 2M barrels of oil seized off Venezuela’s coast in December

sanctions_shadow_enforcement UTC: 2026-02-28 22:00:46

The Justice Department has filed a complaint to legally take ownership of a sanctioned tanker and nearly 2 million barrels of petroleum seized off the coast of Venezuela in December, another step by President Donald Trump’s administration to assert power over the country’s oil...

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