The U.S. military’s seizure of tankers linked to Venezuela could serve as a warning to North Korea and other enemy states looking to skirt sanctions, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Thursday.

In an interview, Wright suggested that North Korea, Russia and Iran would be thinking carefully about the seizures, knowing that the U.S. supposedly has leaders who will take steps to enforce sanctions. 

“These impacts will not just be on Venezuela in the Western Hemisphere,” he told Fox Business. “Think what the Iranians are thinking right now, or what the Russians are thinking right now, or the North