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Sweden Seizes Caffa Vessel Over Illegal Crimean Grain Export

5/1/2026

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Sweden seized the cargo vessel Caffa in Swedish waters on March 6, 2026.
Prosecutors said the ship, flying a false Guinea flag, was suspected of illegally exporting Ukrainian grain from Russian-occupied Crimea as part of Russia’s “shadow fleet.”
A Ystad District Court hearing this spring will decide whether to transfer the vessel, while case materials remain classified as “very sensitive” per prosecutor Håkan Larsson.

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Sweden seized the cargo vessel Caffa in Swedish waters on March 6, 2026.
Prosecutors said the ship, flying a false Guinea flag, was suspected of illegally exporting Ukrainian grain from Russian-occupied Crimea as part of Russia’s “shadow fleet.”
A Ystad District Court hearing this spring will decide whether to transfer the vessel, while case materials remain classified as “very sensitive” per prosecutor Håkan Larsson.