The U.S. Treasury Department announced on Dec. 31 new actions against four companies and four linked vessels, which it said are helping Venezuela evade oil export sanctions.
In a Dec. 31 press statement, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control described the four entities and their affiliated vessels as part of a so-called “shadow fleet” working to sustain Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s “illegitimate narco-terrorist regime.”
These latest sanction actions are part of a multifaceted U.S. pressure campaign, which has accelerated in recent months, against Maduro over drug trafficking.
The Trump administration has revisited years-old allegations tying the Venezuelan leader to drug cartels in his country….
US Sanctions 4 More Companies, 4 More Oil Tankers Accused of Serving Venezuela
