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Finland seizes ship from Russia suspected of breaking telecom cable to Estonia
- nabla9 10mo agoJust like in previous incidents they: 1. asked the ship raise its anchor, and move to a safe anchorage in Finnish territorial waters. 2. It was boarded inside Finnish territorial waters and seized there. The police was in contact with ship's flag state, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines. Flag state can give permission to board the ship if it's not complying. Seizing a ship in international waters is a serious violation of sovereignty unless it falls under very specific exceptions outlined in UNCLOS: piracy, slave trade, illegal broadcasting, or drug trafficking. Also ships without nationality have no protection and can be boarded by anyone.
- Fairburn 10mo agoJust drop those 14 overboard and let them swim back to Russia.
- mannerheim 10mo agoPiracy used to be punishable by death. There would be a lot fewer people willing to pull these kinds of stunts if they knew they would actually face consequences.
- hsyehbeidhh 10mo ago[dead]
- tim-tday 10mo agoWhen a ship attacks international communications infrastructure that’s an act of war against everyone and the ship should be sunk immediately by whoever has military assets in the area.