Sweden
Sweden inspects dry cargo ship of company linked to Russian intelligence operations
Swedish police boarded a dry cargo ship near the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. The shipping company has previously been linked to possible Russian hybrid and intelligence operations.
Sweden releases tanker suspected of belonging to Russia’s “shadow fleet”
The Swedish authorities have granted permission for the tanker Sea Owl 1, which was detained in March 2026, to leave the port of Trelleborg.
Swedish court sentences Russian ship captain and pilot in fatal accident
A court in Gothenburg has sentenced the captain of a ship, a Russian citizen, and the pilot, a Swedish citizen, to suspended sentences for unintentionally causing a fatal accident.
Sweden to transfer ten coast guard boats to Ukraine
The boats will be given to the units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
Sweden will transfer to Ukraine the “Caffa” vessel involved in the export of grain from the occupied territories
A Swedish court has confirmed the transfer to Ukraine of the “Caffa” vessel, which the Russians used to transport grain from the temporarily occupied territories.
Sweden arms coast guard vessels with machine guns due to threats from Russia’s “shadow fleet”
The Ksp 58 machine guns will first be installed on the three largest boats, and the rest of the fleet will be gradually re-equipped by 2030.
Sweden may hand over the Caffa ship to Ukraine — the court qualified the owners’ actions as a war crime
A Swedish district court has ruled that the arrest was lawful and that the actions of the Caffa owners could be classified as a war crime under Swedish law.
Sweden first arrested a ship-thief at the request of Ukraine
Vessel suspected of illegal export of Ukrainian products from temporarily occupied territories.
A crew member of a tanker from the Russian “shadow fleet” was detained in Sweden
The Swedish Coast Guard has detained a crew member of the Sea Owl tanker on suspicion of using forged documents.
Sweden seizes sanctioned tanker linked to Russia’s “shadow fleet”
The detained vessel is listed by the European Union and the United Kingdom.
