How do you prosecute a tanker that changed its flag nine times?
The Flora 1 had taken up to six names and flown up to nine different flags. Sweden couldn’t prove it spilled the oil.
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Sweden finds a 12 km oil slick east of Gotland — boards sanctioned “shadow fleet” tanker
The Flora 1, which has unclear flag status and was sailing from a Gulf of Finland port toward an unknown destination, now sits at anchor near Ystad as prosecutors lead an environmental crime investigation.