Seizure Of Cargo Vessel For False Flag Failings

The Swedish Supreme Court has issued a landmark ruling on whether investors can use most-favoured-nation clauses in bilateral investment treaties to access dispute resolution mechanisms from other treaties. The decision addresses a long-standing split among international arbitral tribunals and establishes criteria for when such jurisdictional "treaty shopping" is permissible under Swedish law.

Sweden's Supreme Court has approved the extradition of a Russian national to the United States on charges related to allegedly circumventing sanctions by exporting military components to Russia through Hong Kong. The case highlights international cooperation in enforcing export controls and trade sanctions against Russia.

Swedish courts have taken unprecedented action by ordering the formal seizure of the cargo ship Caffa, allegedly used to transport grain from Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory.

Swedish authorities have arrested a second crew member from the seized oil tanker Sea Owl I on suspicion of using false documents related to the vessel's purported re-registration. The Coast Guard's investigation continues to uncover irregularities in the ship's documentation following its initial seizure in March, when doubts were raised about the validity of its Comorian flag registration.

Swedish authorities have arrested two individuals and conducted raids across southern and western Sweden in connection with suspected violations of EU sanctions against Russia.

Further to our earlier post regarding the boarding and capture of a cargo vessel, the Caffa, the Swedish Prosecutor’s Office has announced that the vessel has now been formally seized the vessel...

On Friday 3 April, the Swedish Coast Guard boarded and seized control of the sanctioned “shadow fleet” tanker the Flora 1. The vessel is suspected of having caused a 12 km (8 mile) oil spill in the Baltic Sea near the island of Gotland.

Sweden’s Public Prosecutor has issued a press release making public raids conducted this morning at the premises of an unnamed “large company” in Sundsvall.

On Thursday the Swedish authorities seized the oil tanker the Sea Owl I, in Swedish water.

Press reporting of a civil dispute between Sweden's SEB Bank and certain Russian customers associated with Olga Pavlova...