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Tanker Master Pleads Guilty to Evading U.S. Coast Guard in Weeks-Long Pursuit

12 Jun 2026 4:04 p.m. · Source: Denver FBI

Avtandil Kalandadze, master of the tanker Bella 1, pleaded guilty to evading the U.S. Coast Guard during a multi-week pursuit across the Atlantic while transporting illicit oil for U.S. adversaries.

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