Sweden Seizes Second Civilian Ship in the #Baltic Sea in a Month The tanker Sea Owl I (flagged Comoros Islands) was detained (around 8:30 PM on March 12) in Swedish territorial waters near the island of Trelleborg by Swedish police and coast guar...
...d officers. The operation was planned in advance. Once again, the formal basis was suspicion of violating maritime regulations (false flag, lack of registration, lack of insurance, etc.). The real reason is that the vessel is included on the #EU#sanctions list. Earlier on March 6, Swedish security forces detained the bulk carrier Caffa (flagged Guinea) for similar reasons, which is also included on Russia's "shadow fleet" list. All sorts of suckers are giving us nightmares.
...d officers. The operation was planned in advance. Once again, the formal basis was suspicion of violating maritime regulations (false flag, lack of registration, lack of insurance, etc.). The real reason is that the vessel is included on the #EU #sanctions list. Earlier on March 6, Swedish security forces detained the bulk carrier Caffa (flagged Guinea) for similar reasons, which is also included on Russia's "shadow fleet" list. All sorts of suckers are giving us nightmares.