U.S. military forces boarded another sanctioned tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel from the Caribbean Sea in an effort to target illicit oil connected to Venezuela, the Pentagon said Sunday.

The U.S. intercepted another oil tanker in the Indian Ocean that had come from the Caribbean, according to the Defense Department (DOD). “We defend the Homeland forward. Distance does not protect

The U.S. military boarded another sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean, the Defense Department said on social media. According to the website of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control,

The U.S. military has targeted another sanctioned tanker in the Indian Ocean as part of its efforts to track down illicit oil connected to Venezuela.