Sweden detains captain of Russian shadow fleet ship

3/15/2026, 6:40:59 PM en source ↗
Russia-Ukraine War

Summary

Swedish authorities have detained the captain of the Sea Owl One, a vessel linked to Russia's so-called shadow fleet used to circumvent oil sanctions. The skipper is suspected of producing forged documents when the ship was boarded by the Swedish coast guard. The arrest is the latest in a series of European crackdowns on Russia's sanctions-evasion shipping network.

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The skipper of the Sea Owl One is suspected of producing forged documents when it was boarded by coast guard.

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