US designates 2 entities and 2 vessels in Venezuelan oil sector

OFAC’s 4 designations last week (10 May 2019) target two companies that operate in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy and have moved oil to Cuba. The sanctions constitute “a direct response to SEBIN’s illegal arrest of National Assembly members”. Monsoon Navigation Corporation and its vessel Ocean Elegance, and Serenity Maritime Limited and its vessel Leon Dias have been...