Overview
- The Fitburg left the port of Cantvik in Kirkkonummi around 11:00 local time on January 12 under Helsinki police direction and Finnish Border Guard monitoring beyond territorial and economic waters.
- Authorities removed the vessel’s arrest after preliminary investigative steps, but the Central Criminal Police continue probing suspected serious damage to property and serious disruption of telecommunications.
- A Helsinki court strengthened the grounds for detaining one crew member, an Azerbaijani citizen, who remains in custody following a closed hearing.
- Three other crew members remain under travel bans from leaving Finland as the inquiry proceeds.
- Traficom’s state inspection found no safety‑threatening violations on board; the St. Vincent and the Grenadines‑flagged ship was sailing from Saint Petersburg to Haifa with a 14‑member crew from Azerbaijan, Russia, Georgia and Kazakhstan when detained.