US EditionPolice in Finland Arrest 2 in Connection with Damage to Undersea Telecom Cable
Two crew members arrested and two travel-restricted after authorities seized a vessel suspected of damaging a cable linking Helsinki and Tallinn, part of a series of regional disruptions.
- Finnish authorities have arrested two people and placed two others under travel bans in connection with damage to an undersea telecommunications cable in the Gulf of Finland earlier this week.
- The ship involved, named the Fitburg and flagged in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, had been traveling from Russia to Israel with a crew from Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.
- Finnish Customs discovered structural steel in the cargo that originated in Russia and falls under European Union sanctions, with further investigation ongoing into the applicability of EU sanctions legislation.
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n1info.rsFinnish authorities have arrested two crew members of a cargo ship in connection with damage to an underwater telecommunications cable under the Gulf of Finland that occurred this week between Finland and Estonia, police said.
Finland Questions Four Sailors Over Damage to Undersea Cable
Finnish police were questioning four crew members aboard a ship suspected of damaging an undersea telecommunications cable linking Helsinki and the Estonian capital Tallinn. Previously, authorities detained the ship Fitburg on Wednesday, December 31st last year in the Gulf of Finland as part of the investigation. The 132-metre-long cargo vessel was travelling from St Petersburg to Haifa when it was stopped by Finnish authorities on suspicion tha…
The ship called Fitburg set off from St. Petersburg and plowed the seabed with its anchor.
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