US EditionFinland dismisses case over Baltic cable cuts
The Finnish court ruled it lacked jurisdiction, dismissing charges against three crew members accused of damaging five Baltic Sea cables, which caused limited power outages, court documents said.
- A court in Finland ruled it has no jurisdiction over a case where a suspected Russian vessel damaged undersea cables last Christmas.
- The court stated that under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the power to prosecute any crime rests with the ship's flag state or the defendants' native countries.
- The criminal trial of three crew members began at the end of August, and the prosecutor had demanded a minimum of two-and-a-half years' prison time for the captain and co-defendants.
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A Finnish court dismissed the charge of damage to submarine cables in the Baltic Sea.
Finnish court dismisses case against crew in Baltic Sea cable breach trial
A Finnish court dismissed a case on Friday against the crew of the Russian-linked tanker which damaged Baltic Sea cables last year, ruling prosecutors failed to prove intent and that alleged negligence must be pursued by the ship's flag state or the crew's home countries.
Helsinki Court Dismisses Charges in Case of Cable Damage by Tanker Eagle S
The Helsinki District Court issued a surprise judgment on Friday, October 3, in the case of the master and two officers from the tanker Eagle S who had been charged with aggravated vandalism related to the damage to subsea cables. While saying the damage had occurred due to the failure of the anchor mechanism, the court ruled that it lacked jurisdiction and that it was not possible to apply Finnish criminal law to the case. The master of the pro…
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