"The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday was pursuing another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as the Trump administration appeared to be intensifying its targeting of such vessels connected to Venezuelan government. The pursuit of the tanker, which was confirmed by a U.S. official briefed on the operation, comes after the U.S. administration announced Saturday it had seized a tanker for the second time in less than two weeks."
"Saturday's predawn seizure of a Panama-flagged vessel called Centuries targeted what the White House described as a falsely flagged vessel operating as part of the Venezuelan shadow fleet to traffic stolen oil. The Coast Guard, with assistance from the Navy, seized a sanctioned tanker called Skipper on Dec. 10, another part of the shadow fleet of tankers that the U.S. says operates on the fringes of the law to move sanctioned cargo."
The U.S. Coast Guard pursued another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, confirmed by an anonymous U.S. official. The pursuit followed the administration's recent seizure of a Panama-flagged tanker called Centuries and an earlier Dec. 10 seizure of the tanker Skipper. Officials described the targeted vessels as part of Venezuela's shadow or dark fleet, operating with false flags or no flag to traffic stolen oil and evade sanctions. The Centuries seizure was under a judicial order. President Donald Trump has increased pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, threatening a blockade and demanding return of seized U.S. assets.
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