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Finland court convicts Fitburg captain and crew member over Baltic sea cable damage

Straits Times5 November 2026, 09:08 UTCFinland

HELSINKI, Nov 5 - A Finnish court said on Thursday it has found the captain and a crew member of the cargo ship Fitburg guilty of damaging two subsea telecommunications cables in the Gulf of Finland last year.

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