Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

US Seizes Second Shadow Fleet Tanker In One Day


(MENAFN- UkrinForm) The U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) announced this on X, Ukrinform reports.

"In a pre-dawn action this morning, the Department of War, in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security, apprehended a stateless, sanctioned dark fleet motor tanker without incident. The interdicted vessel, M/T Sophia, was operating in international waters and conducting illicit activities in the Caribbean Sea," Southcom said.

The command added that the U.S. Coast Guard is escorting M/T Sophia to the U.S. for final disposition.

Earlier on January 7, U.S. law enforcement and military personnel seized an oil tanker flying the Russian flag in the Atlantic Ocean.

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