New footage shows the US Coast Guard boarding two Venezuela tankers in “back-to-back” operations in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean. Video released by the White House on Wednesday (7 January) appears to show forces intercepting the oil tanker Marinera between Iceland and Scotland following a two-week pursuit as it headed towards Russia. US forces said they also seized the M/T Sophia near the northeast coast of South America in a pre-dawn raid. The operations took place within hours of each other, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. The alleged “ghost fleet” tankers were “either last docked in Venezuela or en route to it”, Noem said.

A U.S. official says U.S. forces have boarded a Venezuela-linked sanctioned oil tanker in North Atlantic after pursuing it for weeks.

Russian submarine and warship are in the vicinity as the US operation unfolds, news report says.

Video appears to show a US Coast Guard ship sailing close to the Marinera, an empty oil tanker that has been trying to evade a US blockade near Venezuela. Footage published by…

This appeared to be the first time in recent memory that the U.S. military has seized a Russian-flagged vessel.

The operation ratcheted up tensions with Moscow as the US flexes its military might in the Caribbean.

The ships were boarded by US forces in predawn operations in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea.

Operations mark latest demonstration of brazen US military power and reach

New footage shows the US Coast Guard boarding two Venezuela tankers in “back-to-back” operations in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean. Video released by the White House on…

US forces have seized another tanker in the Caribbean Sea, officials said, as Washington continues its efforts to control exports of Venezuelan oil.

The U.S. has seized another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as it works to control Venezuela's oil. It was "suspected of carrying embargoed oil."