The shadow fleet—aging tankers linked to Russia and China that cut subsea cables and evade sanctions—threaten global data flows and commerce and exploit legal gaps.

It comes after the UK announced earlier this month that it had intercepted and boarded the Russian shadow fleet tanker "Smyrtos" in the English Channel. #EuropeNews

French military personnel have intercepted the sanctioned oil tanker Deliver in the Mediterranean Sea near Sicily. The vessel is considered part of Russia's shadow fleet.