The United States has seized the Bella 1, a sanctioned oil tanker it has been pursuing since December 2025, according to U.S. European Command.

The U.S. has been pursuing the Bella 1, also known as the Marinera tanker, from Venezuela. The Coast Guard used a seizure warrant in late December to stop the tanker in the Caribbean Sea based on concerns it was not flying a valid national flag. But the ship refused to be boarded and sailed into the Atlantic, sparking the U.S. pursuit. Since then, the ship has registered under a Russian flag, and Russia has deployed Navy assets to protect a sanctioned oil tanker as it attempted to escape the pursuit from the U.S.