The 'Dark Fleet' Behind Venezuela's Oil Trade
What A Day
Crooked Media
4.6 • 12K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, January 12th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is what a day. |
| 0:06.7 | The show that doesn't want anyone to forget that President Donald Trump told the New York Times last week why he really wants Greenland. |
| 0:13.2 | Quote, because that's what I feel is psychologically needed for success. |
| 0:18.2 | It's a psychological need. Who can say no to a psychological need? |
| 0:22.5 | Give this man his giant landmass. |
| 0:30.1 | On today's show, protests across the U.S. continue following the death of Renee Good |
| 0:34.4 | at the hands of immigration and customs enforcement. |
| 0:37.3 | And Trump |
| 0:37.8 | weighs his options in Iran as state violence against protesters ramps up. Ironic. But let's start |
| 0:44.2 | with Venezuela. The United States Coast Guard seized another oil tanker on Friday. It was allegedly |
| 0:50.0 | attempting to evade the U.S. blockade on vessels going into or out of Venezuela. |
| 0:58.0 | Department of Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noem posted footage of the tanker, the Olina, being boarded by members of the Coast Guards somewhere near the coast of Venezuela. |
| 1:03.2 | According to the Associated Press, the Olina had been sanctioned for moving Russian oil under its prior name, Minerva M. |
| 1:10.0 | The Olina is the fifth Venezuela-linked tanker |
| 1:12.6 | seized by U.S. forces under President Trump, and the third since the capture of former |
| 1:16.8 | Venezuelan president, Nicholas Maduro. Earlier last week, the U.S. seized a ship near Iceland |
| 1:22.0 | following a slow chase across the Atlantic Ocean. That ship, the Bella One, was renamed the |
| 1:27.1 | Marinara and started |
| 1:27.9 | flying the Russian flag after U.S. forces first tried to board it back in December. So why all these |
| 1:33.2 | sneaky name changes? The Bella One, or Marinera, or whatever you want to call it, was part of a |
| 1:39.1 | global black market that transports sanctioned oil between countries like Russia, Iran, China, and |
| 1:43.8 | Venezuela. According to the Wall Street Iran, China, and Venezuela. |
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