European Companies Feed the Dangerous Global Shadow Fleet

"In late summer 2022, the Ukraine-based crewing agency, Alpha Marine Service, posted a tanker job on Telegram without including the vessel’s International Maritime Organization identification number. The details provided – such as the ship’s Panamanian registry and precise deadweight tonnage – matched a vessel named Glaucus, which had featured on United Against Nuclear Iran’s list of shadow fleet ships. It was later sanctioned by the US government for smuggling Iranian oil."