EU boards legitimately registered Cameroon tanker in shadow fleet inspection
- EU inspectors boarded sanctioned tanker Sun over suspected false-flagging, but Cameroon confirmed the registration was valid
- The vessel was released after a brief inspection and continued towards the Baltic to load Russian crude
- The incident comes as Brussels prepares tougher measures against Russia’s shadow fleet amid growing tensions with Moscow
An EU naval mission boarded a sanctioned tanker suspected of sailing under a false flag, only for Cameroon authorities to confirm the vessel was legitimately registered, raising questions over the bloc’s increasingly aggressive shadow fleet enforcement campaign
