MARTIGUES: An oil tanker seized by France in the Mediterranean and suspected of being part of Russia’s sanction-busting “shadow fleet” lay anchored Sunday near a southern French port and guarded by the French navy. The Grinch was intercepted Thursday morning in international waters between Spain and North Africa. The French navy escorted it to the Gulf of Fos in southern France, the regional maritime prefecture said in a statement on Saturday. The vessel will be kept at the disposal of the Marseille public prosecutor as part of a preliminary investigation for failure to fly a flag, it added.

Vessel named the Grinch is intercepted in the Mediterranean Sea, suspected of being part of Russia's 'shadow fleet'

French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that French and allied naval personnel searched and diverted an alleged vessel of a Russian shadow fleet operating to evade Western…

French President Emmanuel Macron says vessel subject to international sanctions, suspected of 'flying false flag'.

The vessel, named Grinch, was stopped by the French navy as it travelled through waters between Spain and Morocco.

Emmanuel Macron says the oil tanker was boarded and searched ‘subject to international sanctions’

The vessel, currently docked in Marseille after being intercepted by the French navy in the Mediterranean Sea, is thought to be part of a maritime network Russia uses to evade…

French prosecutors say Russia-linked tanker 'Grinch' under investigation after interception in western Mediterranean.

PARIS: An intercepted oil tanker suspected of belonging to Russia’s shadow fleet headed Saturday to a port in southern France for police to inspect, French authorities said. The…

MARTIGUES: An oil tanker seized by France in the Mediterranean and suspected of being part of Russia’s sanction-busting “shadow fleet” lay anchored Sunday near a southern French…

French officials seized the tanker, named the Grinch, in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday.

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