No shortage of targets for French interdiction in the Mediterranean
- At least 25 shadow fleet tankers flying false flags transited the western Mediterranean between November and January
- France has shown a willingness to interdict stateless shadow fleet tankers in the Mediterranean, seizing the falsely flagged Grinch last month
- Mediterranean more likely theater for interdictions due to geographical distance from Russia
Should France want to follow up the seizure of stateless shadow fleet tanker Grinch with more interdictions, it will have no shortage of falsely flagged vessels transiting through the Mediterranean
