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San Padre Pio, a Swiss tanker with Ukrainian crew on board, has been arrested for illicit fuel trade, Ukraine’s online media outlet Novoye Vremya has reported, referring to FleetMon, a live vessel tracking website.

A vessel with 16 Ukrainian sailors on board was arrested on January 23. However, reports about this incident surfaced only in March.

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