US seizes Olina tanker near Trinidad amid Venezuelan oil crackdown

The US is ‌in the process of ‍seizing the Olina tanker in the Caribbean near Trinidad ⁠in the fifth such interdiction of ships in recent weeks as part of Washington’s ‍efforts to control Venezuelan oil ‍exports, a US official said on Friday. The ‌Olina, which according to public ‍shipping database Equasis was falsely flying the flag of East Timor, ‌had previously sailed ⁠from Venezuela and had returned to the region when it was seized ‌on Friday, said a shipping source familiar with ‌the...