FOXNEWS Americas Newsroom June 4, 2024 15:05:00
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. >> iran's exports were held to 400 to 600,000 barrels a day in 2019. oil smuggled by the ghost armada has moved that number to 2.4 million barrels per day mostly sold to china according to analysts. f...