Finnish court leaves oil tanker under arrest on suspicion of sabotage
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Fri, 03 Jan 2025 18:01:00 +0200
Finnish court leaves oil tanker Eagle S under arrestThe court hearing was closed and the documents were classified at the request of the police.
Detective Inspector Sami Liimatainen explained the secrecy by saying that the preliminary investigation is still in its early stages.Lawyer Herman Ljungberg, representing the shipping company Caravella, which owns the vessel, has requested that the arrest be lifted in the district court.
He says it amounts to a seizure because he has not received a decision on why the vessel was arrested in Finnish territorial waters.The Central Criminal Police KRP previously reported that the vessel was detained because it is evidence in a criminal case.
Technical examinations are being conducted on the vessel.
The KRP estimates that the active initial phase of the investigation will take several weeks.
Currently, a technical investigation and interrogation of crew members are underway on the vessel.
The full investigation is expected to take at least several months.The arrest of the oil tanker is also being sought by Fingrid and Elisa to secure their claims for damages due to cable damage.Finnish police detain oil tankerPolice detained a Cook Islandsflagged tanker on December 28 on suspicion of damaging the Estlink 2 power cable between Finland and Estonia and four telecommunications cables on December 25.
Finlands national grid operator Fingrid said it had applied to the court to seize the oil tanker Eagle S to secure the companys claim for damages.
This ship, which was transporting Russian oil, likely belongs to the Russian shadow fleet.Russia is deliberately attacking EU infrastructureEU Foreign Affairs Chief Kaia Kallas said that the numerous cases of sabotage in European countries recorded in recent months are part of Russias coordinated actions to destabilize European infrastructure.According to Kallas, the number of sabotage cases has increased significantly after Russia launched a criminal war against Ukraine.The head of the EUs foreign policy department mentioned the damage to the Estlink 2 submarine cable in the Baltic Sea, in which Finland suspects the Russian shadow fleet tanker Eagle S of involvement.
Kallas noted that in connection with this and other similar cases, stricter measures will be introduced against Russian vessels.
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