In the town of Durres, Albanian police, with other law enforcement agencies, reportedly stopped a Liberian-registered vessel loaded with suspected oil from Russia on Monday.
The operation ended with the arrest of the 22 crew members, relevant authorities informed. The 22,500 tons of seized oil have an estimated market value of over 40 million euros.
The ship set sail from Azerbaijan and had claimed to have been loaded with oil in Greece’s Kalamata from another vessel, the police said.