Russia's 'dark fleet' of illicit oil tankers threaten international trade deals
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The Cook Islands has been removed from an international shipping database known as the Registry Information Sharing Compact, as concerns mount over "flag hopping" and so-called dark-fleet operators. The removal followed the seizure of a Cook Islands-flagged vessel in December by Finnish authorities, after the ship allegedly damaged a Baltic Sea cable. The Cook Islands maintains that it does not allow any sanctioned vessels to remain on its register. Guest: Michelle Wiese Bockmann, independent maritime intelligence analyst Producers: Brooke Young and Grace Stranger