France arrests the captain of an oil tanker suspected of belonging to the fleet "Ghost"
Declared FranceOn Sunday, the Indian captain of a Oil"Grinch" Suspected of belonging to what became known as the fleet "Ghost" Russian, for not raising a flag.
The tanker, which was commanded by the 58-year-old captain, was detained by the French Navy in The Mediterranean Sea Thursday, and it is now anchored under guard in a port in southern France near Marseille.
The Marseille Public Prosecution Office, which is investigating the case, said that the rest of the ship’s crew, all Indians, will remain on board.
Russian oil export
Affiliation is suspected. "Grinch" To the fleet that allows Russia to export its oil by circumventing the sanctions imposed on Moscow due to its war with Ukraine.
It often changes ships in the fleet "Ghost" The flags it raises, and sometimes it sails with mismatched flags, in an attempt to avoid detection and tracking.
The French Navy took "Grinch" Saturday to Foss Bay in southern France.
The tanker is anchored in Foss Bay, about 500 meters from the shore of the city of Martigues, surrounded by a French naval ship and two gendarmerie boats, according to what an Agence France-Presse photographer reported on Sunday.
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