‘Ghost ships’ ferrying illicit oil have sailed into Trump’s crosshairs
After the U.S. seized a tanker carrying Venezuelan crude oil, the shadowy fleet of ‘ghost ships’ used to evade sanctions drifted squarely into President Donald Trump’s crosshairs. On Dec. 10, Trump announced the seizure of the ‘Skipper,’ a vessel that secretly ferries oil in defiance of sanctions. The broader fleet, a clandestine armada of roughly
