PARIS, October 12. /TASS/. The French Navy has detained the DF Peak tanker off the coast of Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean on suspicion of flag inconsistency, according to President Emmanuel Macron.

"This morning, more than 450 nautical miles south of Reunion Island, our naval forces detained the DF Peak oil tanker, which is suspected of sailing under a false flag," he wrote on X.

He said that this measure was taken as part of the fight against the so-called shadow fleet. He claimed that the operation was carried out in accordance with international law and demonstrated Paris’s intention to combat all types of what it considers to be illegal trade.