Overview

• Italian police detained Serhii K., 49, in the Rimini province on a European arrest warrant issued by Germany on August 18.
• Germany’s federal prosecutor alleges he helped coordinate a team that used a yacht rented in Rostock under false identities to transport explosives.
• Extradition decisions are pending, and upon transfer to Germany he is to be presented to a judge at the Federal Court of Justice.
• This is the first arrest in the case since the September 26, 2022 blasts that severely damaged the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines.
• Sweden and Denmark have closed their probes, Germany’s inquiry continues, and Ukraine, Russia and the United States have publicly denied involvement.