In one video obtained by CNN, people can be seen shouting “liberated!” and waving the Gabon flag in the Nzeng Ayong district of the capital, alongside military vehicles.

Some 50 of the vessels reflagged to Gabon in the last month switched from the Liberia and Panama flags, and were owned by companies based in Russia, according to Windward AI.

The tanker flew the flag of St. Kitts and Nevis, which has its maritime registry just outside London — some 20 miles from the very British authorities who chase Russia’s assets around the ...

The number of ships sailing under the flag of Gabon is surging as the US steps up scrutiny on other nations associated with so-called dark-fleet vessels, according to maritime intelligence firm ...