The Italian finance police seized Russian oligarch Andrey Melnichenko’s mega-yacht in Trieste, Italy on Friday evening.
The Guardia di Finanza made the announcement in a statement released on Friday evening. Called “SY A,” the yacht was in storage at the Port of Trieste, the statement says.
It’s worth approximately €530 million or $578 million, the statement added. It is one of the largest superyachts in the world, according to the manufacturer Nobiskrug.
Video published by the finance police shows agents boarding the yacht.
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Italy seizes the eight-deck $578 million mega yacht owned by the sanctioned Russian oligarch Andrey Melnichenko.
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