Event 945

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "LT"
  ],
  "category": "Sanctions",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "The report references an official announcement by the Lithuanian Criminal Customs Service and provides specifics on location and modus operandi. Evidence includes a direct quote and a screenshot from a reputable disinformation monitoring account.",
  "countries": [
    "Lithuania",
    "Russia",
    "Portugal"
  ],
  "country": "Lithuania",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "On August 25, 2025, Lithuanian authorities uncovered a company in Kaunas pretending to be a Portuguese firm in order to export industrial water treatment equipment to Russia, in violation of EU sanctions. The operation was detected and disrupted by the Criminal Customs Service of Lithuania.",
  "event_time_utc": "2025-08-25T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Official post by the Center for Countering Disinformation with operational details.",
    "Image shows Lithuanian police in action."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "The Criminal Customs Service of the Republic of Lithuania reported a successful operation uncovering a company in Kaunas that was posing as a fictitious firm in Portugal and attempting to export industrial water treatment equipment to Russia.",
    "LITHUANIA EXPOSES SCHEME TO CIRCUMVENT SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Circumvention Of Sanctions",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Official post by the Center for Countering Disinformation with operational details.",
            "Image shows Lithuanian police in action."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "fifth_column_countries": [
    "LT"
  ],
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Lithuania Exposes Scheme to Circumvent Sanctions Against Russia",
  "location_text": "Kaunas",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_945_1763943695_5bc02683.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "On August 25, 2025, the Criminal Customs Service of the Republic of Lithuania reported a successful operation uncovering a company in Kaunas that was posing as a fictitious firm in Portugal and attempting to export industrial water treatment equipment to russia.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://x.com/CforCD/status/1960328866943193249"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Lithuania disrupted a sanctions evasion scheme involving attempted export of industrial equipment to Russia via a fictitious Portuguese company.",
  "url": "https://x.com/CforCD/status/1960328866943193249"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "LT",
  "Attack Type": "Circumvention of sanctions",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "LT",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "LT",
  "Date": "25-Aug-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": "On August 25, 2025, the Criminal Customs Service of the Republic of Lithuania reported a successful operation uncovering a company in Kaunas that was posing as a fictitious firm in Portugal and attempting to export industrial water treatment equipment to russia.",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "company in Kaunas that was posing as a fictitious firm in Portugal and attempting to export industrial water treatment equipment to russia.",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://x.com/CforCD/status/1960328866943193249",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}