The Tanker Incident in Gibraltar: Non-Obvious Legitimacy

... arrest of the tanker. In this regard, the participation of the American authorities is becoming an important issue. If the seizure was made at the request of the United States, then American law should serve as its basis. In this case, references to EU sanctions by the authorities of Gibraltar look quite strange. If its basis is still the EU sanctions, then it remains to be proven that it was the Banias Refinery that stood to receive the oil. In any case, it is advisable for Brussels to provide a detailed public legal commentary on ...