One of the two crew members currently arrested, the Russian national has been subjected to a travel ban as of 03 January 2026. The police will request that the other one, the Azerbaijani national be subjected to pre-trial detention.
A travel ban has been imposed on one the two crew members of the Fitburg vessel who had previously been arrested. The crew member in question is a Russian national. The vessel has a total of 14 crew members on board, and currently, a travel ban has been imposed on three of them.
The other crew member previously arrested is a national of Azerbaijan, and the police will request his pre-trial detention today, 03 January. For the purposes relating to the criminal investigation, it is not possible to provide further details regarding their rank. In the course of the investigation, the leaders of the investigation continually assess the necessity, sufficiency, and comprehensiveness of the coercive measures taken.
The analysis of the material collected from the vessel is expected to take several weeks. Investigative actions on board the vessel continue.
