Marineras letzter bekannter Standort (MarineTraffic)

For those out of the loop this is the ship that was flying a Russian flag suspected of transporting Iranian oil.

Some inaccuracies here. The ship is legally registered as Bella 1 and flagged in Guyana.

The crew painted a crude Russian flag on the side and said they changed the name to Marinera. Simply painting a flag in that way doesn’t confer legal nationality. Under international maritime law, a ship’s flag state is established through proper registration with that country’s maritime authority — not just by a painted symbol.

At this point, it would be considered stateless.

It’d be like hand drawing diplomatic credentials and claiming immunity when a cop pulls you over.