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> # Another luxury yacht of oligarch arrested in Hamburg
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> **All over Europe, the authorities have recently seized yachts belonging to Russian oligarchs. Now, for the second time, the BKA has arrested a mega-yacht in Hamburg: the 400 million dollar “Luna”.**
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> One month after the “Dilbar”, German authorities have seized another luxury yacht, the “Luna”, on the basis of EU sanctions against Russia. The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) has determined the actual ownership of the yacht, and the owner has been on the European Union’s sanctions list since 8 April, a BKA spokesperson announced today. The authority did not mention a name in the statement, but gave the name Farkhad Akhmedov on Twitter.
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> ## “Luna” is worth 400 million euros
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> Akhmedov, 66, is a Russian businessman active in the energy sector and Russian local politics, according to the EU sanctions list. “He is close to the Kremlin and is a leading businessman and active in sectors of the economy that serve as an important source of revenue for the government of the Russian Federation,” the list said in justification of the sanctions.
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> “The luxury yacht M/S Luna is thus subject to the sanctions law and could be legally detained or frozen in the port of Hamburg,” the BKA statement says. This means that the yacht is not allowed to sail permanently, but is “in any case not capable of sailing for technical reasons”. The BKA gives the estimated value of the ship at around 400 million euros.
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> Thanks to the sanctions list, the EU can freeze assets of Russian oligarchs with the help of the member states. And that doesn’t just include accounts: A special transatlantic task force with the USA, the EU Commission, Canada, France, Italy and Germany is to track down and confiscate private jets, luxury flats and yachts belonging to the super-rich who are loyal to the Kremlin.
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> ## World’s largest motor yacht also detained in Hamburg
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> In concrete terms, the “freezing of economic resources” according to EU regulations means that the yachts may not be used for services, but also may not be sold, rented or encumbered. The authorities of the EU member states are responsible for enforcing the sanctions.
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> And they have already taken action on several occasions: in mid-April, the German authorities arrested the luxury yacht “Dilbar”, which is also moored in the port of Hamburg. It belongs to the Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov, a 68-year-old entrepreneur with an estimated fortune of 16.8 billion dollars. Since the end of October, the 156-metre-long and 24-metre-wide superyacht had been at Blohm + Voss for refitting.
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> Usmanov is said to have paid about 600 million dollars for the luxury yacht. Measured by gross tonnage, the ship, which weighs almost 16,000 tonnes, is considered the largest motor yacht in the world. The crew consists of 96 people in normal times. The yacht includes twelve suites, a 25-metre swimming pool and two helipads.
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> ## Alleged Putin yacht seized in Italy
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> French customs also seized the yacht of Igor Sechin, head of the Russian state oil company Rosneft and close confidant of Putin, on the Mediterranean coast in early March. The yacht “Amore Vero” (“True Love”) is said to be 86 metres long and to include seven luxury suites, a cinema, beauty salon and a garage for water ski boats. Estimated purchase price: 120 million dollars.
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> Also fixed in March was the “Sailing Yacht A”, considered the largest sailing yacht in the world. Officials of the Italian financial police had seized the ship, which is estimated to be worth around 530 million euros, in the port of Trieste. Most recently, Italy also seized an alleged Putin yacht.
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> Many other oligarch yachts were recently stopped by the European authorities. In Luxembourg, for example, the registration certificate of a super yacht was recently revoked, according to research by SWR.
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Below you find the translation of the article (done with [DeepL](https://deepl.com/)):
> # Another luxury yacht of oligarch arrested in Hamburg
>
> **All over Europe, the authorities have recently seized yachts belonging to Russian oligarchs. Now, for the second time, the BKA has arrested a mega-yacht in Hamburg: the 400 million dollar “Luna”.**
>
> One month after the “Dilbar”, German authorities have seized another luxury yacht, the “Luna”, on the basis of EU sanctions against Russia. The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) has determined the actual ownership of the yacht, and the owner has been on the European Union’s sanctions list since 8 April, a BKA spokesperson announced today. The authority did not mention a name in the statement, but gave the name Farkhad Akhmedov on Twitter.
>
> ## “Luna” is worth 400 million euros
>
> Akhmedov, 66, is a Russian businessman active in the energy sector and Russian local politics, according to the EU sanctions list. “He is close to the Kremlin and is a leading businessman and active in sectors of the economy that serve as an important source of revenue for the government of the Russian Federation,” the list said in justification of the sanctions.
>
> “The luxury yacht M/S Luna is thus subject to the sanctions law and could be legally detained or frozen in the port of Hamburg,” the BKA statement says. This means that the yacht is not allowed to sail permanently, but is “in any case not capable of sailing for technical reasons”. The BKA gives the estimated value of the ship at around 400 million euros.
>
> Thanks to the sanctions list, the EU can freeze assets of Russian oligarchs with the help of the member states. And that doesn’t just include accounts: A special transatlantic task force with the USA, the EU Commission, Canada, France, Italy and Germany is to track down and confiscate private jets, luxury flats and yachts belonging to the super-rich who are loyal to the Kremlin.
>
> ## World’s largest motor yacht also detained in Hamburg
>
> In concrete terms, the “freezing of economic resources” according to EU regulations means that the yachts may not be used for services, but also may not be sold, rented or encumbered. The authorities of the EU member states are responsible for enforcing the sanctions.
>
> And they have already taken action on several occasions: in mid-April, the German authorities arrested the luxury yacht “Dilbar”, which is also moored in the port of Hamburg. It belongs to the Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov, a 68-year-old entrepreneur with an estimated fortune of 16.8 billion dollars. Since the end of October, the 156-metre-long and 24-metre-wide superyacht had been at Blohm + Voss for refitting.
>
> Usmanov is said to have paid about 600 million dollars for the luxury yacht. Measured by gross tonnage, the ship, which weighs almost 16,000 tonnes, is considered the largest motor yacht in the world. The crew consists of 96 people in normal times. The yacht includes twelve suites, a 25-metre swimming pool and two helipads.
>
> ## Alleged Putin yacht seized in Italy
>
> French customs also seized the yacht of Igor Sechin, head of the Russian state oil company Rosneft and close confidant of Putin, on the Mediterranean coast in early March. The yacht “Amore Vero” (“True Love”) is said to be 86 metres long and to include seven luxury suites, a cinema, beauty salon and a garage for water ski boats. Estimated purchase price: 120 million dollars.
>
> Also fixed in March was the “Sailing Yacht A”, considered the largest sailing yacht in the world. Officials of the Italian financial police had seized the ship, which is estimated to be worth around 530 million euros, in the port of Trieste. Most recently, Italy also seized an alleged Putin yacht.
>
> Many other oligarch yachts were recently stopped by the European authorities. In Luxembourg, for example, the registration certificate of a super yacht was recently revoked, according to research by SWR.