Without ever setting foot in the palm-fringed microstate, foreign ship owners can pay Maritime Cook Islands to sail under its star-studded flag. United States sanctions data identifies 20 tankers ...

The Cook Islands was one of the 'top countries whose flags are used by shadow tankers transporting Russian crude oil', according to a European Parliament briefing from 2024 — Marty Melville Dozens of ...

Dozens of oil tankers suspected of smuggling contraband crude for Russia and Iran have been using a beachside office in the tropical South Pacific to cover their tracks, an AFP analysis of sanctions ...

The Cook Islands-flagged oil tanker Eagle S, which has been accused of skirting sanctions as a part of Russia's 'shadow fleet' The Cook Islands was one of the 'top countries whose flags are used by ...