Soldato
yet generally EU countries do not enforce EU sanctions on non EU countries...so why did we in this caseNo they haven't and no we didn't. They apparently requested it and the UK was apparently monitoring the vessel too. They didn't "order it", they're not in any position to do so, it was seized because it was apparently breaking EU sanctions re: Syria, had it been heading elsewhere then we'd not keep it (and indeed we've already said we'll release it if we can receive assurances with regards to this). Please remember that the UK is not currently supporting the US's sanctions on Iran.