US Military Ends World's Longest Hide-and-Seek Game with Oil Tanker
Americans tracked the ship Bertha from the Caribbean Sea to the Indian Ocean, proving that even Liepāja port workers aren't that patient.
US military forces intercepted the oil tanker "Bertha" at night, concluding the world's longest hide-and-seek game that stretched from the Caribbean Sea to the Indian Ocean. The ship tried to evade sanctions with a fake flag, but as one Liepāja port veteran says: "Our guys would have noticed something fishy ages ago."
"Bertha" sailed under the Cook Islands flag, which is about as credible as Riga mayor's promises about road repairs. Venezuela relied on its shadow fleet, but the Americans proved more persistent than a Karosta tram conductor who still asks for tickets even in an empty car.
The tanker's operations violated Trump-era sanctions designed to pressure Venezuela's then-president Maduro. Unfortunately, the Pentagon hasn't specified whether the ship now officially belongs to the US, or if they're just renting it as a floating office in the Indian Ocean.
One Liepāja resident comments: "If our fishermen were as persistent as these Americans, we'd have the biggest salmon export in Europe. But we'd rather sit on the pier with beer and watch others work."
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