Unterwasserkabel in Ostsee geschnitten

Another one?!?

Submission statement:

Another undersea data cable was damaged in the Baltic Sea, highlighting the ongoing risks of sabotage to marine infrastructure.

The line between Latvia and Sweden was cut in Swedish waters, and Swedish authorities seized a Maltese-flagged vessel, DW reported. NATO is stepping up its protection of undersea links, after a number of incidents in recent years involving Russia- and China-linked ships.

Edit: I’ll try to get the transponder data from maritime tracker.

Does anyone know what the eventual fate of the vessel and the crew?

Are they prosecuted as traitors (if local) or war combatants (if foreign)? At least the captain who (presumably) is responsible for all activities on their vessel?

Is the vessel and goods seized permanently and the owner prosecuted or investigated? Are the owners allowed to simply say „we leased it out and are not responsible for what the lessee does“

Global trade relies (seemingly) a lot on these „grey zone“ vessels – owned by someone, leased out, then crewed by others. And their activities are conveniently ignored by most nations seemingly?