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UK can legally stop shadow fleet tankers, ministers believe
UK ministers plan to use new legal powers to board and detain unflagged tankers amid sanctions enforcement affecting over 500 shadow fleet vessels, officials said.
- The UK can legally stop ships operating without a valid national flag to avoid sanctions, according to government beliefs.
- Defence Secretary John Healey stated the UK would not tolerate increasing malign activities on the high seas and their actions comply with international law.
- The UK plans to use the Sanctions and Money Laundering Act from 2018 to ramp up action against sanctioned vessels not legitimately flagged.
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London has found the legal basis for such operations.
The UK government has found a legal basis it believes could be used to allow the military to board and detain Shadow Fleet ships, the BBC reports.
·Vilnius, Lithuania
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The Independent (US)Russian shadow fleet ships could be seized by British forces
Development comes after the UK supported a US operation to seize a Russian flagged tanker in the North Atlantic
·London, United Kingdom
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British authorities have established a legal basis to seize Russian oil tankers under sanctions, including ships sailing under false flags.
·Belgrade, Serbia
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The British government has identified a legal framework that could allow British troops to board and detain so-called “shadow fleet” tankers that help Russia circumvent sanctions.
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