Massive oil slick no mystery

Brasília – A mystery oil slick that caused environmental disaster along a vast stretch of Brazilian coastline in 2019 and 2020 was caused by a Greekflagged vessel, federal police said after a two-year investigation.

The police said “there is sufficient evidence that a Greek-flagged oil tanker was responsible for leaking” the oil that afflicted more than 2 000km of coast between August 2019 and March 2020.

The slick affected more than 1 000 towns in 11 coastal states, investigators said, without naming the company that owns the ship.