Finland Bans Travel for Ninth Crewmember From Suspected Sabotage Vessel

Finnish police have issued a travel ban to a ninth member of the crew of the tanker Eagle S, which is suspected of cutting multiple subsea power and communications cables in the Gulf of Finland on Christmas Day. 

On Dec. 25, Fingrid’s EstLink 2 power transmission cable and four subsea telecom cables suddenly shut down. The outages corresponded to the position of the tanker Eagle S, an LR1 associated with the Russian-controlled “shadow fleet.” In response, Finland dispatched a police tactical team in a helicopter and asked Eagle S to divert into Finnish territorial waters. The crew agreed to comply, and the tanker has been detained ever since. In addition to the police detention order, eight crewmembers were bann…