The Ghost Armada News Today

"americas newsroom." im dana perino. >> bill: the pressure has been building on the biden administration to respond to one of tehrans many proxies in the middle east, houthis are just one of them. since mid november the houthis have been attacking ships in the red sea with impunity until now. the underlying question will iran, which backs the houthis, get this message? >> its a bit ironic coming from a houthi spokesperson giving they are using the words brutal aggression after weve see...

Cost of crude oil back home. oil jumping more than 3% after americas response to the houthi attack. it comes as iran sells more oil than ever despite sanctions from the administration, money for the iranian regime that could be used to finance groups like the houthis in yemen to which they have billions in iran. mike tobin has more on that. where does that stand? >> bill, with the waters around the red sea more lawless than ever they get plenty of funding. despite sanctions the money is coming f...

Ignoring u.s. sanctions smuggling crude and funding iran. something experts call the dark fleet or ghost armada. 300 to 560 tankers, usually old and ownership hard to determine. they hide on the open sea. shop around for poor countries that will license them to fly their flag. >> these vessels operating and trading internationally outside western jurisdiction and primarily shipping sanctions oil. >> irans exports were held to 400 to 600,000 barrels a day in 2019. oil smuggled by the ghost armada...