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Author: Dope1 ⎊  😊 😞
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Subject: Why The Skipper raid is legit
Date: 12/15/25 4:40 PM
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illinoisreview.com - Opinion why the seizure of the skipper was perfectly legal and a blow to maduro iran and hezbollah

The oil tanker known as The Skipper was added to the SDN list in 2022 by the Biden/Harris regime. At that time, it was called the Adisa, and it was flying the flag of Panama.

But when it was identified off the coast of Venezuela this week, it was called The Skipper and it was flying the flag of Guyana, presumably in hope of throwing international police and other law enforcement agencies off the scent.

Guyana confirmed to multiple press sources Wednesday that it most definitely was not registered in Guyana, so it did not merit Guyana’s legal support in any way.

Thus this ship is fair game for seizure right there.

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This ship is owned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, Viktor Artemov, and to currently be controlled by the Nigerian shell company Thomarose Global Ventures Ltd.

And what business is it engaged in these days? Primarily transporting Venezuelan and Iranian oil, to or from Venezuela and Iran, in direct support of Hezbollah and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

This means the ship itself, its owners, its crew and its cargo are all essentially under sanctions. The seizure of this vessel, essentially enforcing a warrant issued by the Biden-Harris regime three years ago but apparently never followed up on, is not just legal, but an admirable accomplishment for this administration.

With the seizure of this tanker, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Hezbollah, and the Maduro regime have all lost a key revenue source. Depending on what kind of oil it’s carrying on each voyage and the product’s going price per barrel at the time, a tanker like this carries tens of millions of dollars’ worth of cargo on each and every run.

This board talks about sanctions. But making them work means putting in the work to make them have bit.

This is how you do it.
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