U.S. forces boarded the oil tanker Veronica III in the Indian Ocean after it attempted to evade a quarantine order issued under Donald Trump’s administration.

The vessel was tracked from the Caribbean and intercepted without incident in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility.

The Panama-flagged tanker is on the U.S. sanctions list and has been linked to transporting sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran.

This action is part of a broader U.S. effort to enforce sanctions and prevent illicit crude oil exports, Fox News reports.

Officials emphasized that international waters do not provide sanctuary and that the U.S. will continue to pursue sanctioned vessels worldwide.