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Former JAG Officer: US Needs to Prove Oil Was Smuggled
Bloomberg Televisionยท 2025-12-12 01:34
Professor, it's great to see you. Thanks for being with us. Was the seizure of this tanker illegal.On its face, it sure looks like it. We had a warrant issued by a U.S. federal court. We had sanctions in place, actually, and a pretty comprehensive regime against both this particular tanker and as well as numerous sanctions against the Venezuelan government and nation going back to 2005.But against this tanker, there were sanctions against it going back to 2022, in fact, for allegedly illegally smuggling oil ...