US military boards sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after pursuit from the Caribbean

U.S. military forces boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the ship from the Caribbean Sea, the Pentagon said Monday. The Pentagon's statement on social media did not say whether the ship was connected to Venezuela, which faces U.S. sanctions on its oil and relies on a shadow fleet of falsely flagged tankers to smuggle crude into global supply chains. According to data transmitted from the ship on Monday, it is not currently laden with a cargo of crude oil.