Swedish Coast Guard Seizes Suspected False Flag Tanker In Baltic Sea

STOCKHOLM, May 3 (Reuters) – The Swedish Coast Guard said on Sunday it had seized a tanker in the Baltic Sea believed to be part of Russia’s shadow fleet, the latest in a string of similar actions carried out in recent months by the country’s authorities. 

The Swedish Coast Guard said in a statement that it and police had boarded the Syrian-flagged Jin Hui in Swedish territorial waters south of Trelleborg and begun a preliminary investigation into a lack of seaworthiness.

“The coast guard suspects that the ship is sailing under a false flag, given there are a number of irregularities concerning its flag status,