Brussels wants to target the network keeping Moscow’s oil moving — but the trail may lead back to Europe.

France's navy boarded the sanctioned oil tanker Tagor in the Atlantic after it sailed from Russia, escalating enforcement against the shadow fleet.

The vessel, Tagor, has been transporting Russian crude oil and petroleum products and is sanctioned by the EU, the United Kingdom, and Ukraine.

Russia has reportedly built up a flotilla of old oil tankers of opaque ownership to get around sanctions imposed by the European Union over Moscow's 2022 full-scale invasion of…

The French Navy has boarded another oil tanker from Russia as Paris steps up its campaign against Moscow’s so-called "shadow fleet" of vessels suspected of evading international…

France said on Monday it had detained a Russia-linked oil tanker in the Atlantic over the weekend, with the Kremlin comparing the latest seizure aimed at tackling Moscow's…

France announced Monday it had detained a suspected Russian oil tanker in the Atlantic over the weekend, in the latest move to crack down on Moscow's...

The French navy has detained a suspected Russian oil tanker in the Atlantic, part of efforts to combat Moscow's sanctions-busting "shadow fleet."

France intercepts a sanctioned tanker in the Atlantic, stepping up action against Russia's "shadow fleet"; officials say it sailed under a false flag.

PARIS — France has intercepted a sanctioned oil tanker suspected of being part of Russia's so-called shadow fleet in the Atlantic with UK support,...

Brussels wants to target the network keeping Moscow’s oil moving — but the trail may lead back to Europe.

Last Sunday, French maritime forces, operating alongside the UK, intercepted a sanctioned Russian oil tanker that was part of the shadow fleet. What actually is this ghost fleet,…

France detains Russia-linked oil tanker in Atlantic, triggering Kremlin fury and fresh tensions over sanctions-busting shadow fleet.

It is the fourth such ship that France has seized since September last year on suspicions of belonging to the “shadow fleet,” which Russia is believed to use to circumvent Western…

The seizure is the latest evidence of France's efforts to crack down on vessels suspected of helping Russia evade sanctions imposed following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.…