and billionaire businessman suleiman kerimov. he was one of the oligarchs who attended putin s summit at the start of the war. but kerimov denies owning the amadea. kerimov is famously discrete, he hasn t given an interview in the entire time that he s been a billionaire. but we do know some aspects about his life he s a man who likes the finer side of life and doesn t always think that money should be spent in russia. in 2006, kerimov crashed his ferrari in the french riviera, nearly dying from his burns. a decade later, he was investigated in france, and in 2018, he was sanctioned by the us for being an official of the government of the russian federation. with a net worth around $10 billion, kerimov allegedly bought the amadea last year in august. it s on this transaction that kleptocapture focused their attention. it is improbable that that boat
of sanctions against key sectors of the russian economy and individuals. we re joining with european allies to find and seize their yachts, their luxury apartments, their private jets. cheering and applause. we re coming for your ill begotten gain. my name is andrew adams, i m a federal prosecutor here in manhattan at the united states attorney s office. at some point, i received a call. just after president biden s speech, andrew adams was appointed to lead a new us government task force called kle ptoca ptu re. the goals for us are to target the people who are on the sanctions list, to bring any charge available, to seize any asset available. the idea is to disgorge profits in any way that we can as quickly as we can. so we look for sanctions evasion, we look for money laundering, we look for efforts
already long gone. in new york, investigators knew that more vessels risked slipping through their net. the challenges with those kinds of valuable, movable assets are that they can move, and they can move to jurisdictions that i believe oligarchs assume will be safe. you could look at maps of boat traffic and just see boats going all over the world. we had to move quickly. working with the spanish authorities, kleptocapture seized the $90 million yacht tango moored in majorca and owned by sanctioned billionaire viktor vekselberg. while spain detained three more yachts, germany impounded dilbar, the world s largest yacht, owned by putin s ally, alisher usmanov.
the owner of this vessel is a semi retired, mid level, successful russian businessman. mr naumenko is absolutely not an oligarch and he s not, as described, a close personal friend of vladimir putin. if this were an oligarch s boat, it would be four times the size. the phi was now stuck in canary wharf, unable to move. in the us, the kleptocapture task force had set their sights on a much bigger target the $325 million yacht amadea. the amadea s a massive yacht. even among megayachts, it s a luxury villa that floats on the water. it has dozens of rooms, it has swimming pools and chandeliers, it has dining rooms that dwarf most people s dining rooms. the ownership of this 106m yacht is at the centre
of a dispute. kleptocapture says it s owned by russian senator and billionaire businessman suleiman kerimov. he was one of the oligarchs who attended putin s summit at the start of the war. but kerimov denies owning the amadea. kerimov is famously discrete, he hasn t given an interview in the entire time that he s been a billionaire. but we do know some aspects about his life he s a man who likes the finer side of life and doesn t always think that money should be spent in russia. in 2006, kerimov crashed his ferrari in the french riviera, nearly dying from his burns. a decade later, he was investigated in france, and in 2018, he was sanctioned by the us for being an official of the government of the russian federation. with a net worth around $10 billion, kerimov allegedly bought the amadea last year in august. it s on this transaction that kleptocapture focused their attention.