Finnish court convicts ship crew over Baltic cable sabotage

A Finnish court jailed two cargo ship crew members for sabotaging subsea communication cables.

A court in Finland sentenced a Russian master mariner and an Azerbaijani sailor to prison terms for aggravated sabotage. The convictions follow the interception of their cargo vessel last year after two subsea communication lines suffered damage in the Gulf of Finland.

• The vesselAuthorities intercepted and impounded the cargo freighter Fitburg following the maritime infrastructure incident.
• The targetsThe damaged lines provided subsea telecommunications links between Helsinki and Tallinn.