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French court jails Chinese shadow fleet captain in absentia

sanctions_shadow_enforcement UTC: 2026-03-31 08:00:22

A French court has sentenced the Chinese captain of a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker to one year in prison and issued an international arrest warrant against him, in a ruling that marks one of the most significant legal escalations yet in Europe’s campaign against vesse...

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