Finland seizes ship from Russia suspected of breaking telecom cable to Estonia

17 pointsposted 9 hours ago
by smurda

3 Comments

nabla9

9 hours ago

Just like in previous incidents they:

1. asked the ship raise its anchor, and move to a safe anchorage in Finnish territorial waters.

2. It was boarded inside Finnish territorial waters and seized there.

The police was in contact with ship's flag state, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines. Flag state can give permission to board the ship if it's not complying.

Seizing a ship in international waters is a serious violation of sovereignty unless it falls under very specific exceptions outlined in UNCLOS: piracy, slave trade, illegal broadcasting, or drug trafficking. Also ships without nationality have no protection and can be boarded by anyone.

Fairburn

7 hours ago

Just drop those 14 overboard and let them swim back to Russia.

mannerheim

7 hours ago

Piracy used to be punishable by death. There would be a lot fewer people willing to pull these kinds of stunts if they knew they would actually face consequences.