Empire’s Echo: U.S. Piracy off the Coast of Venezuela
- Published in News & Comment
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On 10 December 2025, the United States seized the oil tanker Skipper off the coast of Venezuela, boarding the vessel and redirecting its cargo of roughly 1.8 million barrels of Venezuelan crude oil to U.S. custody under a U.S. sanctions warrant that was about to expire. U.S. officials asserted this enforcement action was aimed at penalizing violations of long-standing sanctions tied to alleged illicit oil shipments.
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