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A Seized Oil Tanker Off Venezuela and the Big Business of Dark Fleet Smuggling
ByRebecca F. Elliott and Peter Eavis December 12, 2025December 12, 2025

The U.S. seizure of a vessel off Venezuela is likely to squeeze the country’s government, but do little to counter the tankers that secretively move oil from sanctioned countries.

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Black Markets | Embargoes and Sanctions | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Maduro, Nicolas | Maritime Crime | Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline | Ships and Shipping | Smuggling | Trump, Donald J | United States International Relations | United States Politics and Government | Venezuela

U.S. Issues New Sanctions Targeting Maduro’s Family and the Oil Sector
ByNicholas Nehamas, Tyler Pager, Farnaz Fassihi and Alan Rappeport December 11, 2025December 12, 2025

The United States is escalating its pressure campaign on Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, after seizing an oil tanker off the coast.

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Bondi, Pamela J | Defense Department | Embargoes and Sanctions | Federal Bureau of Investigation | Homeland Security Department | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Maduro, Nicolas | Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline | Petroleos de Venezuela SA | Ships and Shipping | Smuggling | United States Coast Guard | United States International Relations | Venezuela

What to Know About Trump’s Seizure of an Oil Tanker Near Venezuela
ByEdward Wong and Nicholas Nehamas December 11, 2025December 13, 2025

The tanker was headed eastward and had recently carried Iranian oil. The seizure is an escalation in President Trump’s military pressure campaign against Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro.

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Amnesty International | Capital punishment | Drug Abuse and Traffic | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Mohammed bin Salman (1985- ) | Saudi Arabia | Smuggling

As Saudi Arabia Cracks Down on Drugs, Executions Near a Record High
ByIsmaeel Naar and Vivian Nereim November 7, 2025

Facing an influx of amphetamines, the kingdom has put hundreds of people to death, many of them foreigners convicted of low-level smuggling.

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Amnesty International | Capital punishment | Drug Abuse and Traffic | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Mohammed bin Salman (1985- ) | Saudi Arabia | Smuggling

As Saudi Arabia Cracks Down on Drugs, Executions Near a Record High
ByIsmaeel Naar and Vivian Nereim November 7, 2025November 7, 2025

Facing an influx of amphetamines, the kingdom has put hundreds of people to death, many of them foreigners convicted of low-level smuggling.

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Defense and Military Forces | Drug Cartels | International Relations | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Maduro, Nicolas | Security Council (UN) | Smuggling | Trump, Donald J | United Nations | United States | United States International Relations | Venezuela

Strikes on Venezuelan Boats Prompt Rare U.N. Meeting on the United States
ByFarnaz Fassihi October 11, 2025

The U.N. Security Council met Friday to discuss the Trump administration’s deadly attacks on what it asserts were drug smugglers in the Caribbean.

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Abyan (Yemen) | Deaths (Fatalities) | Drownings | Gulf of Aden | International Organization for Migration | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Sana (Yemen) | Smuggling | War and Armed Conflicts | Yemen

More Than 60 Migrants Dead After Boat Capsizes Off the Coast of Yemen
BySaeed Al-Batati and Vivian Nereim August 3, 2025

The trip across the Gulf of Aden is the first leg of one of the world’s riskiest — and busiest — migration and smuggling routes.

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Abyan (Yemen) | Deaths (Fatalities) | Drownings | Gulf of Aden | Illegal Immigration | International Organization for Migration | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Maritime Accidents and Safety | Sana (Yemen) | Smuggling | Yemen

More Than 60 Migrants Dead After Boat Capsizes Off the Coast of Yemen
BySaeed Al-Batati and Vivian Nereim August 3, 2025August 4, 2025

The trip across the Gulf of Aden is the first leg of one of the world’s riskiest — and busiest — migration and smuggling routes.

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