US EditionFrance Detains Crew After Boarding Sanctioned 'Ghost Fleet' Tanker Off Saint-Nazaire
- French navy boarded the Benin-flagged crude oil tanker Boracay off France's Atlantic coast on Wednesday to investigate serious offences.
- The probe followed the crew's failure to justify the ship's flag and refusal to cooperate, amid its links to Russia's shadow fleet evading sanctions.
- Boracay, built in 2007 and 244 meters long, left Primorsk in Russia on September 20 carrying roughly 115,000 tons of oil and passed Danish waters during recent drone incidents.
- French President Macron stated that the shadow fleet, comprising an estimated 600 to 1,000 vessels, accounts for tens of billions of euros in funding for Russia and constitutes 40 percent of its military operations.
- Two senior crew were detained as France continues investigating the tanker for offences linked to European security and sanction evasion while the Kremlin denied knowledge of the vessel.
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France seizes Russia-linked oil tanker over Denmark drone incursion, detains 2
French military personnel boarded an oil tanker named on a list of Russian "shadow fleet" vessels, as they suspect it of being the launchpad of mystery drone flights that forced Denmark to close its airspace
Macron says oil tanker off France is linked to Russia's shadow fleet and committed "serious wrongdoings"
French naval forces forcibly boarded the tanker known as "Pushpa" or "Boracay" a few days ago at the request of prosecutors who suspected wrongdoing.
Two crew members of a cargo ship have been arrested by French soldiers off the coast of France. According to President Macron, the vessel is part of the so-called Russian shadow fleet. The two men are suspected of involvement in drone incidents in Denmark. They are believed to be the captain and first officer of the cargo ship Boracay. The ship sails under the flag of Benin and has been anchored off the French west coast for several days. The Bo…
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Who is behind the drone incidents in Denmark? A suspicious tanker is targeted by the investigators - in a completely different EU and NATO country.
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