December 16, 2025
The Dark Fleet Is No Longer Invisible: What the Venezuela Tanker Seizure Signals
At a Glance From Monitoring to Intervention The dark fleet – tankers engaging in dark activities while moving sanctioned oil, cycling through false flags, and obscuring ownership – has continued to expand, reaching more than 1,900 vessels by the end of Q3. Governments had visibility into this activity. What was less consistent was how that...