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Oil tanker 'Deliver' detained in Sicily suspected of ties to Russian ghost fleet

The French navy seized the 'Deliver', a 275-meter oil tanker flying the Cameroonian flag.

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The operation, conducted on June 23 off the coast of Sicily, aims to verify suspicions of bypassing sanctions against Russia.

The ship may belong to the Russian ghost fleet, used to clandestinely export oil.

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L'arraisonnement du « Deliver » illustre les efforts européens pour contrer le contournement des sanctions contre la Russie via des navires fantômes. Ce cas met en lumière les enjeux géopolitiques et économiques liés au commerce illicite de pétrole russe, crucial pour l'économie de guerre du Kremlin.

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