Sweden Seizes Sanctioned Oil Tanker Suspected of Being Source of Spill

STOCKHOLM, April 3 (Reuters) – The Swedish Coast Guard said on Friday it had seized an oil tanker in the Baltic Sea that is believed to be part of the Russian shadow fleet and suspected to be the source of a 12 km oil spill off the island of Gotland.

The Swedish Coast Guard has stepped up efforts to stop vessels connected with Russia in recent months. The tanker, Flora 1, was seized off Sweden’s southern coast, it said.

Flora 1 had embarked from Russian port Primorsk, with an unclear destination, according to MarineTraffic data.

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