"A Finnish district court on Friday dismissed a case against the captain and two officers of the Eagle S oil tanker who were accused of breaking undersea power and internet cables in the Baltic Sea, saying Finland does not have jurisdiction to prosecute them. "The District Court has today issued a judgment dismissing the charge in the case... along with the claims for damages arising from the charge, as it was not possible to apply Finnish criminal law to the case," the court said in a statement."
"The incident took place on December 25 last year when a string of cable and gas pipeline outages in the Baltic Sea prompted NATO forces in the region to to go on high alert. The crew is accused of dragging the ship's anchor in the seabed for about 90 kilometers (56 miles), damaging five undersea cables in the Gulf of Finalnd. Finnish prosecutors had argued that the crew neglected their duties intentionally after leaving the Russian port of Ust-Luga."
A Finnish district court dismissed charges against the captain and two officers of the Eagle S oil tanker, ruling Finnish criminal law could not be applied and Finland lacked jurisdiction. The December 25 incident involved a series of cable and gas pipeline outages in the Baltic Sea that prompted NATO forces to go on high alert. Authorities alleged the crew dragged the ship’s anchor for roughly 90 kilometers, damaging five undersea cables in the Gulf of Finland. Prosecutors said the crew intentionally neglected duties after departing Ust-Luga; the crew deny the allegations and say they were unaware of anchor problems. The Eagle S is associated with a Russian "shadow fleet" of tankers.
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