A French court will try the Chinese captain of a Russian-linked oil tanker early next year after the vessel, part of Moscow’s so-called “shadow fleet,” was intercepted off the French coast, prosecutors…

A French court is to try the Chinese captain of a tanker from Russia’s “shadow fleet” early next year after it was intercepted off France, prosecutors said Thursday, in a move seen as a message to Moscow over its efforts to skirt Western oil sanctions.

The French navy on Saturday stopped the Boracay, a vessel claiming to be flagged in Benin and blacklisted by the European Union for being part of Russia’s sanction-busting “shadow fleet” of ageing oil tankers, according to the public prosecutor’s office in the northwestern city of Brest.

  • gressen@lemmy.zipEnglish
    9·
    11 days ago

    If it’s not immediately clear this tanker was used to launch drones that caused brief closures at Danish airports.

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
    4·
    11 days ago

    One by one, with due process. Let’s hope it’s enough against the onslaught. I really do not want to promote undemocratic/extrajudicial solutions here.