EU proposes sanctions against companies that provided false flags to Russia’s “shadow fleet”

The European Union has proposed sanctions against three companies that provided false flags to ships of the Russian “shadow fleet.”

This is reported by Bloomberg. 

The proposed restrictions are part of the latest EU sanctions package currently under discussion.

The documents state that the companies provided false flags of Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten to at least eight sanctioned ships.

None of the three territories is listed in the Paris Register of Official Flags, meaning they do not actually provide this service. In May, the Netherlands warned the International Maritime Organization (IMO) that the companies were providing “fraudulent certificates” on behalf of Sint Maarten.

Earlier, USM reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed the fight against the Russian “shadow fleet” with the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service.