Event 737

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "Russia",
    "EU",
    "BSR"
  ],
  "border_violation_modes": [
    "Sea",
    "Sabotage"
  ],
  "category": "Sanctions",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Consistent and explicit reporting from a reputable national broadcaster, quoting a monitoring analyst and visual evidence of ship-to-ship transfers in the provided screenshot.",
  "continuous_since": "2024-00-01T12:00:00Z",
  "continuous_summary": "The operations involving oil transfer between Russian and Western tankers in EU waters are reported as ongoing and systematic.",
  "countries": [
    "Russia",
    "European Union"
  ],
  "country": "Baltic Sea Region",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "Western and Russian tankers are conducting ship-to-ship oil transfers in EU waters, allegedly breaching sanctions. Analysts monitoring the oil trade state that these activities are ongoing and involve Western participation in sanction evasion.",
  "event_time_utc": "2025-01-15T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Headline and article content state that Western tankers are assisting Russian oil transfers, circumventing EU sanctions.",
    "Expert analysis is cited regarding ongoing sanction violations taking place in EU maritime territory."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "\"Länsimaiset tankkerit auttavat Venäjää jatkuvasti öljysiirroissa ja rikkovat pakotteita, sanoo öljykauppaa tarkkaileva analyytikko.\"",
    "\"Venäläiset ja länsimaiset tankkerit vaihtavat öljylasteja keskellä EU-vesiä\""
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://yle.fi/a/74-20136487"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Sanctions Evasion",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Headline and article content state that Western tankers are assisting Russian oil transfers, circumventing EU sanctions.",
            "Expert analysis is cited regarding ongoing sanction violations taking place in EU maritime territory."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Venäläiset ja länsimaiset tankkerit vaihtavat öljylasteja keskellä EU-vesiä",
  "is_continuous": true,
  "location_text": "EU waters",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_737_1763936789_cf5aba01.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "??Tankers exchanging oil mid-sea, breaking sanctions",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://yle.fi/a/74-20136487"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Russian and Western tankers are repeatedly conducting illegal oil transfers in EU waters; an expert states this activity is persistent and violates sanctions.",
  "url": "https://yle.fi/a/74-20136487"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "Sanctions evasion",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "BSR",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "BSR",
  "Date": "15-Jan-25",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "??Tankers exchanging oil mid-sea, breaking sanctions",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Western tankers transfer oil for ??Russia",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://yle.fi/a/74-20136487",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}