Straits Times
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5 Nov 2026
🇫🇮 What is said about Finland
A Finnish court convicted the Fitburg cargo ship’s captain and a crew member of aggravated sabotage for damaging two telecommunications cables in the Gulf of Finland. Finland seized the ship in December as it travelled from Russia to Israel and has stepped up protection of undersea infrastructure after a series of Baltic Sea incidents; the defendants denied wrongdoing and challenged Finland’s jurisdiction.
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A Finnish court said on Thursday it has found the captain and a crew member of the cargo ship Fitburg guilty of damaging two subsea telecommunications cables in the Gulf of Finland last year. Finland seized the vessel in the Gulf of Finland on December 31 while it was en route from Russia to Israel, on suspicion that it had damaged cables running from Helsinki to Estonia. Finland has intensified efforts to protect its undersea infrastructure following a string of incidents affecting cables and pipelines in the Baltic Sea since 2022. The defendants, who are subject to travel bans, denied any wrongdoing and have challenged Finland's jurisdiction in the case.
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