A major maritime enforcement operation just went down off the Venezuelan coast. According to Attorney General Bondi, federal agencies including the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, and Coast Guard—backed by Department of the Interior resources—intercepted and detained a crude oil tanker that's been hauling sanctioned petroleum for years.

The vessel was apparently shuttling oil from both Venezuela and Iran, two nations facing heavy international sanctions. This kind of seizure highlights how enforcement agencies are cracking down on sanction evasion networks that have operated in gray zones for quite some time. While this hits traditional energy markets, it's a reminder that global sanction infrastructure impacts all forms of cross-border value transfer—including crypto rails that sometimes get entangled in similar compliance webs.