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.
Russia bombed Ukraine’s dam, poisoned Moldova’s river — and now claims Ukraine did it with a fuel truck
Pro-Russian Moldovan media are actively circulating three fake explanations for the Dniester contamination — a fuel truck accident, rocket propellant from Ukrainian air defense, and an allegedly struck Flamingo missile assembly plant.
Storm claims third Russian vessel near occupied Crimea as Greenpeace urges action over oil spill
A floating crane has become the third Russian vessel to sink near occupied Crimea today, after two tankers.