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Russia’s ghost ships haunt Libya - ICIJ

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Leaked documents show how commercial vessels employed a range of tricks to avoid detection as they shipped Russian equipment to Libya .

The documents highlight growing European concerns about Russia ’s influence in the country, which officials believed was part of a broader strategy by Moscow to project power in the Mediterranean and several African countries.

Russia ’s intervention in Libya , partly enabled by operations of its ghost fleet, has expanded significantly since early 2024 , according to European officials.

The number of Russian flights to Libya in the first half of 2024 matched the total for all of 2023 .

Russia is using Libya as an “entry point for its logistical route to the Sahel ,” reads an internal summary.

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