Cruising for a bruising: megayachts run low on safe harbours as sanctions bite

‘Neutral’ Fiji’s seizure of Amadea sends warning to Russian oligarchs hoping to hide their ill-gotten gains

23 June 2022 - 20:18 By K. Oanh Ha

When the $325m (R5.2bn) Amadea superyacht that’s been linked to Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov sailed into Fiji in April, the captain may have figured he had found a safe haven.  ..

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