Swedish authorities have detained the captain of the Comoros‑flagged tanker Sea Owl 1 after boarding the EU‑sanctioned vessel off Trelleborg in the Baltic Sea last Thursday, the second such Swedish apprehension in a couple of weeks. Video of the boarding has circulated online. The 55‑year‑old master was remanded at a hearing in Ystad district court on March 15, charged with using a forged document with aggravating circumstances and operating a vessel unfit for navigation, prosecutors said. The 228m tanker, listed by the UK and EU on sanctions registries, was intercepted while transiting from Santos, Brazil, to Primorsk in Russia. Sweden’s coastguard and prosecution have flagged inconsistencies in its claimed Comoros registry and found documentation believed to be false. The case follows the recent Swedish seizure of the cargo ship Caffa on similar suspicions. In recent weeks, a number of emboldened European states have pursued and detained shadow vessels. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); }); TagsRussia Sweden