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

Royal Marine commandos board sanctioned vessel sailing under Cameroon flag

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

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…

The UK has arrested and charged an Indian national after intercepting a Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker in the English Channel, as London simultaneously unveiled a fresh round…

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Indian national Ajay Pant has been charged with directly or indirectly supplying or delivering by ship prohibited oil or oil products from Russia to a third country

Ajay Pant charged with sanctions breach over shadow fleet ship carrying 98,000 tonnes of oil boarded by British troops