US EUROPEAN COMMAND - The United States, with support from the United
Kingdom, interdicted the motor tanker Bella I alongside the previously
seized M/T Sophia. โ
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem stated that both vessels were
either last docked in Venezuela or en route to the country.
Secretary Noem described the ships as part of a โGhost Fleet,โ noting
that Bella I had evaded U.S. Coast Guard pursuit for weeks by repeatedly
altering its flag and even repainting its hull with a false name in an
effort to avoid capture.
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