A Seized Oil Tanker Off Venezuela and the Big Business of Dark Fleet Smuggling NYT Par :Rebecca F. Elliott and Peter Eavis 12 décembre 2025 à 16:08 The U.S. seizure of a vessel off Venezuela is likely to squeeze the country’s government, but do little to counter the tankers that secretively move oil from sanctioned countries. © Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York TimesOil tankers anchored at a refinery in Punto Fijo, Venezuela, in 2022. The country relies heavily on a so-called dark fleet to export its oil.