Boatfag Update Report
(More of an info update than report, really)
Not a lot to report right now. Continuing to watch for some suspected tankers that will try to bust the Venezuela oil embargo, as well as tracking some suspect yachts.
ULYSSES (Graeme Hart's research/pleasure yacht) has docked in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The Adriatic Coast is becoming popularized as a resort area but it's still a human trafficking hub, so that just has a creepy vibe to it.
A few yachts from a comprehensive report a month or two ago have moved recently, but mostly just change of ports. My suspicion is that most of the bad guy boats are being used as vacay rentals right now because they will never let an asset lose money if they can help it. The port shifts are to the usual places you would expect in the Med, Carribean, Asian and US Coasts. Shortly before August I'll do a full sweep to get the track list caught up and post it, just so we can keep up.
No recent intel on suspected cargo ships, either, just the usual suspects doing the usual things. The US list of sanctioned people, organizations, aircraft and ships is LONG. There are a number of OFAC lists, actually. Those are all here:
https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/Programs.aspx
But your best starting point if you want to run a search of the lists is the OFAC search took, here:
https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/SDN-List/Pages/fuzzy_logic.aspx
>Planefags, this might be worth taking a look at since it includes aircraft. You may want to give it a look-see if it's not already in your intel-gathering arsenal.