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A notorious Russian ship under sanction for transporting arms from North Korea is set to enter the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal, the first time that a vessel involved in arms-running for Pyongyang would have entered European waters.
The Maia-1, a Russian-flagged and crewed ship which has been placed under sanctions directly by the US and EU, is currently anchored outside the south entrance to the key waterway that links Asia and Europe, according to Open Source Centre, a research group that identified the vessel. The vessel’s stated destination is a port on the Baltic coast of Russia where Moscow is building a liquefied natural gas facility.
The ship is one of more than 20 vessels owned by MG-Flot, a company which has also been put under sanction by the UK, EU and US among others. The EU, in its sanctions listing, said the carrier was part of “a…
