U.S. Seizes Tankers Linked to Venezuela Shadow Fleet (Full Transcript)

[00:00:00] Speaker 1: In a dramatic move, the U.S. seized two tankers linked to Venezuela today. According to the U.S. military, one of the vessels, a purported Russian-flagged tanker, was tracked across the Atlantic before being taken, with the U.K. providing support for the operation. Now, American officials say the tanker is part of a so-called shadow fleet that moves oil for sanctioned countries like Venezuela, Russia, and Iran. The U.S. also reported seizing another Venezuelan-linked ship in the Caribbean. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that both vessels were either last docked in Venezuela or headed there.