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Secret Sailings: Oil Tankers Turn off Tracking Between Russian and Georgian Ports

ID: 3197827a-38e4-5098-9947-b4b265e7c315

STIX ID: report--3197827a-38e4-5098-9947-b4b265e7c315

Feed Name: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Date Published: 2026-01-28

Date Updated: 2026-05-22

Author: iFACT

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Journalists analyzed 2024–2026 maritime traffic and found 19 oil tankers departing Russian ports that switched off AIS in the Black Sea before calling at Georgian ports; investigators cite patterns consistent with sanctions evasion (loitering, possible ship-to-ship transfers), while Georgian authorities state they enforce controls and deny sanctioned oil is transiting through Georgia.

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