Venezuelaâs false-flag tankers cause headaches for law-abiding nations By Lucia Kassai on 1/14/2021
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The Palau-flagged Ndros, scrapped in Pakistan four years ago, appears to be operating off Venezuela s coast via a tactic called spoofing.
(Bloomberg) The island nation of Palau says a tanker that recently loaded Venezuelan crude was using a false signal to disguise its identity, potentially putting the Pacific country in the crosshairs of U.S. sanctions.
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Palau is asking Venezuela to investigate the vessel that claimed last month to be the Ndros. The Ndros was a Palau-flagged ship that was scrapped in Pakistan in 2018, and so couldnât be the vessel that appeared in December off the coast of Venezuela, according to a letter dated Dec. 16 that the government of Palau shared with Bloomberg.