Smuggling billions of dollars … revealing a secret network that evades Iranian and Russian oil to China

The newspaper confirmed that the tankers used the “dark fleet” tactics such as stopping the tracking devices, changing the marine identity, and carrying out transport operations from one ship to another at sea to hide the source of oil. For example, the Cres I carried about two million barrels of Iranian crude from the island of Kharj in November 2019, before crossing the Malaga Strait heading to China. The SKADI carrier, between 2022 and 2024, also carried out repeated charging operations that included Russian Urals and Iranian oil. The data indicates that the total of what was transferred through this network amounted to about 130 million barrels, almost half of Iran, 25% of Russia, and less than 20% of Venezuela. While about 93% of these quantities ended in China, which makes it the largest beneficiary of these operations … and the prolonged report mentioned by the newspaper shows that Beijing was not just a cheap oil buyer, but rather a strategic player who seeks to reshape the global energy trade map. Economically, these shipments allowed China to obtain oil supplies at lower prices than the market, which supported its industrial growth and reduced pressure Inflation. These operations also revealed the construction of alternative financial and commercial networks for the dollar -based Western regime, which is worried about Washington.