UK Royal Navy surface ships stopping and detaining vessels, supported by surveillance aircraft and potentially special forces boarding teams

UK Prepares Military Boarding of Shadow Fleet Oil Tankers Suspected of Sanctions Evasion Amid Rising Concerns Over Russian, Iranian, and Venezuelan Oil Smuggling

The United Kingdom is preparing to expand its capacity to act against so-called “shadow fleet” oil tankers suspected of circumventing sanctions on Russian, Iranian, and Venezuelan oil exports. British ministers have identified a domestic legal framework that could allow the...