The ‘Ghost Fleets’ Moving Oil Around the World

The ‘Ghost Fleets’ Moving Oil Around the World

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Since December, the U.S. has been stopping and seizing oil tankers traveling in and out of Venezuela. They are part of what is known as a ghost fleet — tankers that try to secretly move oil around the world, funding states such as Venezuela, Iran and Russia.

Christiaan Triebert, a reporter on the Visual Investigations team, explains what these ghost fleets are and why their days might now be numbered.

Guest: Christiaan Triebert, a reporter for The New York Times working on the Visual Investigations team.

Background reading:

• U.S. forces seized its sixth oil tanker linked to Venezuela • . What are “ghost fleet” ships • ?

Photo: Andy Buchanan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

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