US EditionLawyers Seek to Halt Deportation of Seized Tanker's Captain to US
- On Monday, Aamer Anwar filed an emergency judicial review petition at the Court of Session in Edinburgh on behalf of Natia Dzadzama, alleging Captain Avtandil Kalandadze is held in legal limbo without court access.
- On January 7, US agents boarded and seized the Marinera south of Iceland alleging sanctions breaches, then sailed it to the Moray Firth off Burghead with UK military support including RAF surveillance aircraft and Royal Fleet Auxiliary RFA Tideforce.
- Lawyers contend the captain is being denied access to Scottish courts and that papers were served on the Lord Advocate, Advocate General, Scottish Ministers, and President Donald J Trump, with 26 crew members possibly removed from the ship.
- The court ruled it cannot order against the US government under the State Immunity Act, but a full hearing is expected at the Court of Session.
- Scrutiny of the UK’s role raises broader questions about maritime seizures and extradition law as Moscow denounced the seizure and US sources say the tanker faces judicial forfeiture in the United States.
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The Star Kuala LumpurCaptain of seized Venezuela-linked tanker now aboard U.S. vessel, wife's lawyer says
LONDON, Jan 27 - The captain of a Venezuela-linked crude oil tanker seized by the U.S. earlier this month has been taken from British territorial waters and is now aboard a U.S. coast guard vessel, a lawyer for the captain's wife said on Tuesday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Spain indicated on Tuesday that it is monitoring the situation of an oil tanker that suffered a breakdown in the Mediterranean, but that it is subject to international sanctions for being...
Spain announced Tuesday that it monitors the situation of a oil carrier facing technical problems in the Mediterranean Sea and that it is suspected that it belongs to "the ghost fleet" by which Russia exports oil due to the sanctions imposed by the countries...
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