{"id":4629,"date":"2026-03-03T16:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/4629\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T16:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:51:08","slug":"belgium-slaps-hefty-bail-on-seized-russian-oil-tanker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/4629\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium Slaps Hefty Bail on Seized Russian Oil Tanker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Belgian authorities have imposed a 10 million euro bail on the Russian oil tanker Ethera, which was seized over the weekend, the government announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The tanker, a part of the Russian shadow fleet, is suspected of operating under false pretenses, carrying a false flag and false documents, stated Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken.<\/p>\n<p>This move marks a significant step in Belgium&#8217;s efforts to counteract fraudulent activities at sea. The current exchange rate pegged the bail amount at approximately $11.59 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Belgian authorities have imposed a 10 million euro bail on the Russian oil tanker Ethera, which was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3525,7,3526,3250,3523,3323,3236,3232,3524,430],"class_list":{"0":"post-4629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-belgium","8":"tag-bail","9":"tag-belgium","10":"tag-counteract","11":"tag-ethera","12":"tag-false-documents","13":"tag-false-flag","14":"tag-oil-tanker","15":"tag-russian-shadow-fleet","16":"tag-seizure","17":"tag-theo-francken"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116166281365434333","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}