Overview

• Prosecutors in Brest extended detention measures that began Tuesday and said they are pursuing a case against the captain, while the senior mate has been released.
• The inquiry centers on alleged failure to provide proof of the ship's nationality and refusal to comply with investigators, according to the prosecutor.
• French forces boarded the tanker off Saint-Nazaire, and the two men initially detained identified themselves as the captain and first officer, with AFP reporting they are Chinese nationals.
• French authorities have opened an investigation into the Boracay, which appears on EU and UK sanctions lists for transporting Russian crude.
• MarineTraffic data show the ship left Primorsk on September 20, transited Baltic and Danish waters near Copenhagen on September 22, and it was previously checked by Estonian forces in April after a claimed Djibouti registration went unconfirmed.