Digital Warfare Tech Lets Rogue Ships Evade Sanctions
More than 200 vessels appear to have electronically manipulated their GPS location.
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More than 200 vessels appear to have electronically manipulated their GPS location.
Technology to hide a ship's location previously available only to the world's militaries is spreading fast through the global maritime industry as governments from Iran to Venezuela - and the rogue shipping companies they depend on to move their petroleum products - look for stealthier ways to circumvent U.S. sanctions.
Technology to hide a ship’s location previously available only to the world’s militaries is spreading fast through the global maritime industry as governments from Iran to Venezuela — and the rogue shipping companies they depend on to move their petroleum products — look for stealthier ways to circumvent U.S. sanctions. Windward, a maritime intelligence company…
A maritime intelligence company whose data is used by the U.S. government to investigate sanctions violations says that since January 2020 it has detected more than 200 vessels using technology to hide a ship location that was previously available only to militaries
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