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Hoisting Russian flags, ‘shadow fleet’ edges into the light

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The oil tanker named Boracay, a vessel suspected of belonging to the so-called "shadow fleet" involved in the Russian oil trade.

The oil tanker named Boracay, a vessel suspected of belonging to the so-called "shadow fleet" involved in the Russian oil trade.

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Paul Sonne, Michael Schwirtz

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BERLIN – The shadow fleet is stepping out of the shadows.

As the US military chased a dilapidated oil tanker away from Venezuela and across the Atlantic Ocean in recent days, the fugitive ship changed its identity.

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