France seizes another sanctioned tanker as shadow fleet sweep continues
- France detains fraudulently flagged tanker Tagor in the Atlantic, marking its fourth shadow‑fleet interdiction this year
- The vessel was carrying about 100,000 barrels of Russian crude, prompting sharp exchanges between Paris and Moscow after Emmanuel Macron condemned sanctions‑evading shipments
- Seizure is the 10th Russia‑linked tanker boarded by European or UK forces this year
European navies continue to sporadically disrupt Russia’s shadow fleet operations, but even as France was detaining its latest target there were at least five other fraudulently flagged ships transiting European waters
