UK proposes 14-year sentences for undersea cable saboteurs

• The UK government proposes 14-year prison sentences for saboteurs of undersea cables.
• This follows reports of Russian trawlers mapping UK undersea cables, with over 500 incidents in the past four and a half years.
• The new legislation aims to update Victorian-era laws to better protect critical infrastructure.
• The proposed penalties include unlimited fines in addition to prison sentences.
• The crackdown targets saboteurs of undersea networks crucial to banks, hospitals, and mobile phone networks.