Ajay Pant, 38, the captain of sanctioned Russian tanker Smyrtos, has been charged with contravening Russia sanctions after Royal Marines and NCA officers seized the vessel in the English Channel

Britain’s armed forces boarded and detained a sanctioned tanker, the Smyrtos, in the English Channel on Sunday

Royal Marine commandos and National Crime Agency officers boarded the Smyrtos in the Channel during the early hours of Sunday

UK Royal Marines seized the sanctioned Russian oil tanker SMYRTOS in the English Channel, spotlighting the shadow fleet's growing use of USDT stablecoin

British Royal Marines and law enforcement boarded and diverted the sanctioned Russian oil tanker SMYRTOS during a six-hour operation in the English Channel.

Britain detained the tanker Smyrtos in the English Channel as part of an investigation into Russia's shadow fleet used to evade sanctions over the Ukraine war.

According to the statement, Royal Marine Commandos and National Crime Agency officials boarded the detained vessel as part of the first ever operation of this kind

UK armed forces have boarded and seized a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the English Channel. Footage released by the Ministry of Defence on Sunday (14 June) shows Royal…

British Royal Marines seized the sanctioned Russian tanker SMYRTOS in the English Channel. Crew salaries paid in USDT highlight crypto's role in sanctions

UK forces on Sunday intercepted a sanctioned Russian ship, with navy commandos rappelling onboard from helicopters. The UK and Ukraine hailed the move, saying it robbed Russia of…

The vessel SMYRTOS was intercepted on Sunday morning, June 14, in a move that has been described by the Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis as a blow to 'Putin's illegal war'

U.K. crime agency arrests Indian man during operation against Russian shadow fleet oil tanker for suspected sanctions violations.

Royal Marine commandos and officers from the National Crime Agency seized the tanker Smyrtos in the Channel in the first UK-led operation to capture a sanctioned vessel

The captain of the Russian shadow fleet vessel boarded by Royal Marines over the weekend has been charged with contravening sanctions.

Ajay Pant, 38, the captain of sanctioned Russian tanker Smyrtos, has been charged with contravening Russia sanctions after Royal Marines and NCA officers seized the vessel in the…

UK crime agency charges Indian captain arrested in Russian shadow fleet oil tanker raid | World News

The captain is scheduled to appear at Southampton Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday

Ajay Pant is alleged to have contravened sanctions by supplying or delivering ‘prohibited oil / oil products from Russia to a third country’.

UK charges MV Smyrtos captain Ajay Pant with Russian sanctions breach after Royal Marine Commandos board shadow fleet tanker in the English Channel.

A ship captain has been charged after the UK’s first seizure of a suspected Russian shadow tanker in the Channel.

Ajay Pant, 38, was arrested by the National Crime Agency (NCA) during a joint operation with British armed forces to intercept a Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the English…