Conflict & Security March 30, 2026 361 stories in this edition

French court convicts Chinese captain of oil tanker linked to Russian shadow fleet

SCMP Asia / Asia / 1m ago / Agence France-Presse
French court convicts Chinese captain of oil tanker linked to Russian shadow fleet

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A French court on Monday issued an arrest warrant and a one-year prison sentence against the Chinese captain of a suspected Russian “shadow fleet” tanker over failing to comply with orders to stop his ship. Chen Zhangjie, 39, was sentenced in absentia after the French navy boarded the Boracay tanker in September before releasing the vessel and its crew days later, in what Russian leader Vladimir Putin condemned as “p...

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A French court on Monday issued an arrest warrant and a one-year prison sentence against the Chinese captain of a suspected Russian “shadow fleet” tanker over failing to comply with orders to stop his ship. Chen Zhangjie...

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