Border Force supplier prosecuted over Russian sanctions claims
Damen Shipyards, which has supplied boats used by the UK government to test military technology, monitor Britain's borders and pick up migrants in the Channel, is being prosecuted in the Netherlands over criminal allegations related to its international sales.
The Netherlands Public Prosecution Service is prosecuting the shipmaker and certain former directors following an eight-year bribery investigation. It also accused Damen of 'violating sanctions measures imposed in response to the war between Russia and Ukraine'.
Four of the Border Force's fleet of five patrol boats, or cutters, were made by Damen, according to an official record. The cutters detect prohibited
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