vekselberg. while spain detained three more yachts, germany impounded the wilds largest yacht, owned by allysha is mine. italy detained four yachts, including elex a more duzer yachts, including elex a more duzel s deledio. yachts, including elex a more duzel s deledio. yachts, including elex a more duzel s deledio. the scale, the number of duzel s deledio. the scale, the number of individuals, - duzel s deledio. the scale, the number of individuals, the - number of individuals, the breadth of the manly co ordination between western allies is just unprecedented. for many of russia s richard mann, the attention was unfamiliar and unwelcome. mann, the attention was unfamiliarand unwelcome. unfamiliar and unwelcome. richest unfamiliarand unwelcome. richest men. vladimir is a prominent russian tv propagandist who had three of his properties frozen in italy. in london, the british government was about to make their move. one morning in march, the captain of the super yachts fee
individuals. edward is not a sanctioned individuals. edward is not a sanctioned individual- individuals. edward is not a sanctioned individual in i individuals. edward is not a sanctioned individual in the j sanctioned individual in the united states which makes him a perfect strongman for this purpose. he also claims to be the owner of several other multi million dollars half billion dollar yachts. implausibly. one of those yachts is the $700 million scheherazade, docked in tuscany, italy since september last year. according to a group led by russian opposition leader alexei navalny, this 140 metre superyacht could be linked to president putin himself. early in may, as the yacht was preparing to leave, the italian police dispatched boat to detain it. weeks later, the eu added couldn t out of to the eu added couldn t out of to the sanctions list. in october, italy froze more of his properties. including a 30 room villa in portofino on the italian riverjordan pereira. on the itali
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are valuable, they have enormous value in some cases. by enormous value in some cases. by tracking down those assets would be easier said than done. in recent years, barcelona has become a magnet for super yachts. and since the pandemic, the industry has been booming. alex finley is a former cia officer turned writer and yacht spotter who lives in barcelona. writer and yacht spotter who lives in barcelona. you could go down lives in barcelona. you could go down to lives in barcelona. you could go down to the lives in barcelona. you could go down to the port - lives in barcelona. you could go down to the port any - lives in barcelona. you could go down to the port any day| lives in barcelona. you could i go down to the port any day of the week and you are sure to have a number of russian mega yachts. have a number of russian mega achts. ., , ., , yachts. alex has an interest in russia and yachts. alex has an interest in russia and how yachts. alex has an interest in russia
is to disgorge profits in any way that we can as quickly as we can. so we look for sanctions, look for money laundering, we look for efforts to avoid money controls that we put into place here in the united states. part of the goal here is to unwind the fruits of corruption. part of it, in my mind, is to punish what are in effect massive crimes. fiur mind, is to punish what are in effect massive crimes. our ob as law enforcement i effect massive crimes. our ob as law enforcement of i effect massive crimes. our ob as law enforcement of the. i as law enforcement of the. andrew as law enforcement of the. andrew adams has built his strategy on his experience prosecuting the mafia. 1a years, he fought against organised violent crime. tt’s organised violent crime. it s hard to organised violent crime. tii s hard to imagine a more violent crime on a more massively organise scale than the illegal war that s going on right now. from the outset, adams and his team focused on sanctioned ol