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Police in Finland Arrest 2 in Connection with Damage to Undersea Telecom Cable
Two crew members arrested and two travel-restricted after authorities seized a vessel suspected of damaging a cable linking Helsinki and Tallinn, part of a series of regional disruptions.
- Finnish authorities have arrested two people and placed two others under travel bans in connection with damage to an undersea telecommunications cable in the Gulf of Finland earlier this week.
- The ship involved, named the Fitburg and flagged in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, had been traveling from Russia to Israel with a crew from Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.
- Finnish Customs discovered structural steel in the cargo that originated in Russia and falls under European Union sanctions, with further investigation ongoing into the applicability of EU sanctions legislation.
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n1info.rsFinnish authorities have arrested two crew members of a cargo ship in connection with damage to an underwater telecommunications cable under the Gulf of Finland that occurred this week between Finland and Estonia, police said.
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The ship called Fitburg set off from St. Petersburg and plowed the seabed with its anchor.
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