Finnish court dismisses case against crew in Baltic Sea cable breach trial

The Eagle S ship’s captain, Georgian national Davit Vadatchkoria sits for his trial, where he and the ship’s first and second officers face charges of aggravated sabotage and telecommunications interference, as well as lesser offences such as vandalism and endangering public safety, in relation to an incident in the Baltic Sea last Christmas, where the prosecutor alleges that the ship’s crew deliberately dragged the vessel’s anchor along the seabed, damaging five undersea cables between Finland and Estonia including the Estlink 2 power cable, at the District Court in Helsinki, Finland September 1, 2025. Lehtikuva/Antti Aimo-Koivisto via REUTERS