US EditionSweden is investigating a cargo ship that allegedly transported stolen grain with a Russian crew
The cargo ship Caffa, flagged falsely in Guinea, is under criminal investigation for transporting stolen Ukrainian grain and may be unseaworthy, Swedish officials said.
- On March 7, Swedish authorities seized and opened an investigation into the Caffa after armed Swedish police boarded it off Trelleborg on March 6 in Baltic Sea waters.
- The Caffa was sailing under a Guinean flag that Sweden says is false and is on Ukraine's sanctions list, as the coast guard announced.
- Of the 11 crew members, a majority were Russian, the Russian embassy in Stockholm said 10 are Russian citizens, and one crew member is under investigation for maritime-code violations on ship safety.
- Swedish agencies will inspect the vessel after the Coast Guard took control at 3:50 p.m., and the Russian embassy in Stockholm confirmed it was informed and offered assistance.
- Rising collective action targets opaque ownership and ageing vessels averaging around 18 years as Sweden's government last year stepped up insurance checks on shadow fleet vessels used to skirt sanctions.
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Coastguard board ship feared part of 'Russia's shadow fleet' over stolen grain
Swedish Coastguard are seen boarding the Caffa. The Kremlin has so far dodged commenting on the shadow fleet (Picture: AP) A cargo ship feared part of Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ has been boarded in the Baltic Sea. The Swedish Coast Guard said during a news conference that the crew of the Caffa is predominantly Russian, and the ship is on Ukraine’s sanctions list. The Caffa was also allegedly sailing under a false flag when Swedish authorities board…
A crew member from a Russian shadow fleet cargo ship that was recently stopped off the Swedish coast on suspicion that it was transporting grain stolen from Ukraine has been detained in Sweden.
The Swedish authorities have arrested a false flag vessel of the Russian shadow fleet in the Baltic Sea.
Sweden Investigates Cargo Ship Suspected of Stolen Grain
Swedish authorities have launched an investigation into a cargo vessel sailing in the Baltic Sea that is suspected of transporting stolen Ukrainian grain. Officials said the ship, identified as the Caffa, was boarded Friday by the Swedish Coast Guard while traveling through Swedish territorial waters. Authorities searched the vessel and questioned members of the crew during the operation. According to Sweden’s news agency TT, the majority of the…
Sweden stops the freighter "Caffa". Origin and circumstances remain enigmatic. BILD knows: The ship has connections to the Russian nuclear industry.
"The ship is on the list of sanctions related to Ukraine" and "has essentially been used, as we understand it, to transport stolen cereals to Ukraine", said the head of the Coast Guard operations.
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