A court in Sweden has ordered the arrest of the cargo vessel Caffa, which is suspected of being involved in the illegal transportation of Ukrainian products from territories temporarily occupied by Russia.
According to Ukrinform, Ukraine's Prosecutor General, Ruslan Kravchenko, announced this on Telegram.
He said this is the first time a foreign court has approved the arrest of a vessel at the request of the Ukrainian prosecution service under an international legal assistance procedure in a case involving the illegal export of goods from occupied Ukrainian territory.
"According to the investigation, the Caffa systematically violated the rules governing entry to and exit from temporarily occupied Ukrainian territory with the aim of harming Ukraine's national interests. To conceal this activity, a false registration scheme was used: in international databases, the vessel was listed as Guinea False," Kravchenko said.
He also noted that on March 12, 2026, the Prosecutor General's Office submitted a request for international legal assistance to Sweden's Ministry of Justice. Ukraine requested a search of the vessel, interviews with the captain and crew members, and the seizure of the Caffa.
