The US says it is sanctioning three nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, amongst others, as it ramps up its stress marketing campaign on the South American nation.
Two of the sanctioned nephews have been beforehand convicted of drug trafficking prices within the US earlier than being launched in a prisoner swap.
The US can be taking goal at Venezuela’s oil sector by sanctioning a Panamanian businessman and six shipping companies that allegedly moved Venezuelan oil.
Additionally, the US Treasury recognized six vessels it stated have been engaged in “deceptive and unsafe shipping practices” that offered monetary assets to Maduro’s authorities.
NCS has reached out to the Venezuelan authorities for remark.
The sanctions come a day after the US seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.
Attorney General Pam Bondi stated the tanker had been sanctioned by the US for a number of years “due to its involvement in an illicit oil shipping network supporting foreign terrorist organizations,” together with Venezuela and Iran.
Maduro on Thursday stated the seizure marked “a new era of criminal naval piracy in the Caribbean.”
The Venezuelan authorities on Thursday filed a proper grievance with the International Maritime Organization, denouncing the US seizure.