Swedish court orders detention of Russian sailorAP, STOCKHOLMA Swedish court on Sunday ordered the detention of the Russian captain of a ship that was suspected to be sailing under a false flag in the Baltic Sea and was boarded by authorities last week. The commander of the Sea Owl 1, whose name has not been released, was arrested on Friday last week — the day after the Swedish Coast Guard boarded the vessel off Trelleborg, on Sweden’s southern coast. They said on Sunday that the district court in Ystad ordered him held in custody in line with their request, Swedish news agency TT reported. The tanker is also on the EU sanctions list and had been traveling from Brazil to Russia, the coast guard said. It was the second vessel sailing in Swedish territorial waters to come under coast guard investigation in a week under suspicion of using a false flag.

Source: Taipei Times March 16, 2026 16:38 UTC