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that's why. Citations Needed will of course continue to release news briefs as the criminal

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Seizure of rogue oil tanker off Venezuela signals new U.S. crackdown on Shadow Fleet.

Booms the Associated Press.

U.S. targeting oil tankers in bid to stymie global black market,

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