"The Pentagon on Monday said US forces boarded a sanctioned Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel from the Caribbean. France's AFP news agency reported that US forces seized the tanker after releasing a social media post announcing that the Aquila II had been "boarded without incident." The Department of Defense released a video on X to accompany the announcement."
"The US sanctions on the Aquila II are tied to its transport of Russian oil. The Hong Kong-owned vessel was one of at least 16 ships to depart Venezuela last month in the wake of the US capture and extradition of former-President Nicolas Maduro on January 3. Tracking data shows that the Aquila II spent most of its time on the high seas over the past year "running dark," with its transponder turned off to avoid detection. Countries such as Venezuela, Iran and Russia all employ so-called "shadow fleets" of falsely flagged tankers running dark in order to avoid sanctions detection as they transport illicit oil from one nation to another."
US forces boarded the Panama-flagged, sanctioned tanker Aquila II in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel from the Caribbean. A social media post announced the Aquila II had been "boarded without incident," and the Department of Defense released a video of the action. Sanctions on the Aquila II relate to its transport of Russian oil. The Hong Kong-owned ship was among at least 16 vessels that left Venezuela after the US capture and extradition of former-President Nicolas Maduro. Tracking data indicates the Aquila II spent much of the past year "running dark," with its transponder turned off to avoid detection. Venezuela, Iran and Russia use so-called "shadow fleets" of falsely flagged tankers running dark to move illicit oil and evade sanctions.
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