The US pressures countries to deregister ships on US sanctions lists. The ship had previously been registered in Panama. It feels a little sketchy to force cou

The US pressures countries to deregister ships on US sanctions lists. The ship had previously been registered in Panama. It feels a little sketchy to force countries to deregister ships in order to seize them, but they could have flown Venezuela's flag instead of taking the risk of being stateless instead.