Current Affairs
Tanker Captain Sentenced to 10 Months for Evading U.S. Coast Guard
Avtandil Kalandadze, 47, a Georgian citizen and former master of the tanker Bella 1, was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to failing to heave to a Coast Guard cutter. The vessel transported approximately 1.8 million barrels of Iranian-origin oil to Asia while using shadow fleet techniques. The pursuit lasted more than two weeks across the Atlantic before U.S. authorities seized the tanker on January 7.
