Enforcement Only Matters When It’s Consistent

For the third time in less than two weeks, the United States is either seizing or actively pursuing an oil tanker tied to Venezuela’s sanctions‑evading “shadow fleet.” According to U.S. officials, the latest vessel is a “sanctioned dark fleet vessel… flying a false flag and under a judicial seizure order”. It’s the second such operation this weekend and the third this month — a pattern, not an accident.