An investigation into alleged fraud relating to a shipment of crude oil on the 55,000-dwt tanker Potengi (built 1991) has been launched by the authorities in Argentina.

The Petrobras tanker Potengi.
Four individuals involving in shipping documentation have also been arrested over alleged evasion of $7m of tax on a cargo of 45,000 tonnes of crude imported from Brazil in 2002.

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