Stockholm, April 3, 2026 (AFP) - Swedish coast guard boards suspected false-flagged tanker

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Sweden's coast guard said it boarded a vessel subjected to EU sanctions on Friday, suspecting it of an environmental crime after an oil spill in the Baltic Sea. The Flora 1 tanker vessel was boarded after an oil spill stretching 12 kilometres was detected early Thursday east of the Swedish island of Gotland, the Swedish Coast Guard said in a statement. The vessel was escorted to an anchorage near Ystad in southern Sweden. "Upon discovery, it......

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