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U.S. Releases Redacted Court Order Behind Seizure of Tanker Off Venezuela

A newly published, heavily redacted order underpins a raid U.S. officials link to sanctions‑evasion networks tied to Hezbollah, with connections to an IRGC unit.

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Nach der umstrittenen Beschlagnahmung eines Öltankers vor Venezuelas Küste hat ein US-Gericht eine stark zensierte Fassung des zugrunde liegenden Vollstreckungsbefehl veröffentlicht.

Overview

  • The 26‑page execution order was signed on November 26 with more than half blacked out and set a December 10 deadline, the day U.S. forces boarded the Skipper.
  • The Justice Department says the tanker violated sanctions as part of a network supporting Hezbollah and an Iranian Revolutionary Guards unit.
  • White House officials say the vessel will be brought to a U.S. port for confiscation of its oil cargo.
  • Reuters reports the ship is headed toward the Houston area according to two sources, with plans to lighter roughly 1.85 million barrels of Merey crude offshore as the port has received no arrival notice.
  • Venezuela denounces the seizure as “international piracy,” while U.S. agencies released video of helicopter-borne troops taking the bridge, sharpening legal and diplomatic tensions.