Stockholm, May 4, 2026 (AFP) - Sweden arrests Chinese captain of suspected 'shadow fleet' ship

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2026-05-04

The Chinese captain of a ship that Sweden boarded this weekend over suspicions it belonged to Russia's "shadow fleet" has been arrested, the Swedish prosecution authority said on Monday. Sweden's coast guard on Sunday boarded the 182-metre (597-foot) Jin Hui, suspected of sailing under a false Syrian flag. It was the latest of several boardings carried out by the Scandinavian country. Moscow's "shadow fleet" consists of vessels used to skirt West......

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