Finland lacks jurisdiction in Baltic Sea cable breach case, court says


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  • Friday, 03 Oct 2025

The Cook Islands-registered oil tanker Eagle S' Georgian captain, Davit Vadatchkoria (R), and two officers, who are accused of severing five undersea power and telecoms cables when their vessel left Russia and sailed through the Gulf of Finland in 2024, attend a trial at the Helsinki District Court, in Helsinki, Finland August 25, 2025. REUTERS/Anne Kauranen

HELSINKI (Reuters) -A Finnish district court ruled on Friday that Finland does not have jurisdiction to prosecute 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.

(Reporting by Elviira Luoma, editing by Essi Lehto and Terje Solsvik)

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