Loaded Millions in Sanctioned Venezuelan Oil –

We can now report some new particulars about that seized Venezuelan oil tanker that we first described on Wednesday, and it is fascinating news certainly; it appears that this tanker, curiously named Skipper, has been spoofing its broadcast location data. But as it occurs, it was unable to evade good outdated American reconnaissance. 

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday announced that the FBI, Homeland Security Department, and U.S. Coast Guard “executed a seizure warrant for a crude oil tanker used to transport sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran.”

Bondi additional famous that the tanker “has been sanctioned by the United States due to its involvement in an illicit oil shipping network supporting foreign terrorist organizations.”

Today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, and the United States Coast Guard, with assist from the Department of War, executed a seizure warrant for a crude oil tanker used to transport sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran. For a number of… pic.twitter.com/dNr0oAGl5x

— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) December 10, 2025

If this is certainly a community, it will stand to motive that there are other illicit ships on the market transporting crude oil to evade sanctions. Fine. Let’s seize those too, confiscate the crude oil, and pour it into American refineries. Prize money, as it have been.

Here’s the onion:

A New York Times report revealed that the tanker might have been making an attempt to conceal its location by transmitting false data — and that it has used this maneuver on a number of events.

The oil tanker seized by the United States off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday might have been making an attempt to conceal its whereabouts by broadcasting falsified location data, according to a New York Times analysis of satellite tv for pc imagery and images.

U.S. officers didn’t publicly title the vessel, but one official told The Times that it was a ship called the Skipper. Although the vessel’s location transponder indicated that it was anchored in the Atlantic Ocean close to Guyana and Suriname, The Times discovered that from late October to at least Dec. 4, the ship was truly a whole bunch of miles away off Venezuela.

A satellite tv for pc image captured on Nov. 18 reveals the tanker docked at the nation’s José oil terminal while its transponder confirmed that it was elsewhere.

The ship’s location was additional corroborated by a {photograph} taken from land as it loaded oil. The image was supplied by TankerTrackers.com, a company that screens global oil delivery.

If anybody harbors any doubt that the crew of this ship was up to no good, this spoofing of location data ought to dispel those doubts.

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The New York Times piece also said:

“Skipper has transported nearly 13 million barrels of Iranian and Venezuelan oil since joining the global dark fleet of tankers in 2021,” said Samir Madani, the co-founder of TankerTrackers.com, referring to ships that obscure their true areas. The ship delivered Iranian oil to Syria in 2024 when it was under the control of Bashar al-Assad, serving to his authorities delay a civil warfare, Mr. Madani said.

From February to July this 12 months, the ship transported practically two million barrels of crude oil from Iran to China.

To China. Isn’t that fascinating?

The Times also presents us with a map of the Skipper’s journey, and it is an itinerary of unsavory locations.

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— Ward Clark (@TheGreatLander) December 11, 2025

Fine, fantastic. Now that the ship has been seized by the United States, let’s pour those practically two million barrels of crude oil into American refineries. The proceeds from the sale of that oil can always be put into an account to be paid to any new Venezuelan authorities, say, one led by a sure latest Nobel Peace Prize winner, after which Venezuela would give you the option to understand proceeds from the sale of that South American nation’s oil more legitimately.

And, if the United States encounters any more of these “ghost fleet” ships, let’s deal with them the same method. Hitting an opponent in the pockets has always been a deucedly efficient tactic.

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