It has been reported that Estonia's police and border guards have between them conducted over 240 inspections of vessels in waters of Estonia's economic zone in the last 6 months. Estonia adopted the policy of conducting inspections in June of this year.
The vessels are said to belong to Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" and the inspections relate to verifying compliance with requirements such as valid insurance.
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