Oil Tanker U.S. Seized Has Faked Its Location Before, Data Shows
nytimes.comThis sounds like Fox News "he had drugs in his system" smear technique.
The US is a pirate state.
So what? That is not permission to seize it. When the US issues sanctions, that is its own economic action. But it is illegal and immoral for it to then resort to military force simply because its sanctions have limited effect.