A Swedish court has ordered the arrest of the vessel Caffa at the request of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office. The ship is suspected of being involved in the illegal transport of Ukrainian goods from temporarily occupied territories.

Fartyget Caffa som bordades av svenska myndigheter den 6 mars får lämnas ut till Ukraina, har Ystads tingsrätt beslutat.

"This is the first case in which, following a request for international legal assistance from the Ukrainian prosecution authorities, a foreign court has approved the seizure of a…