The ‘Ghost Fleets’ Moving Oil Around the World - The New York Times | Podcast - Nhac.vn
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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