Russian superyacht Amadea arrives in Honolulu – Muricas News

A Russian-owned superyacht seized by the US arrived within the port of Honolulu on Thursday, crusing beneath the American flag.The USA gained the authorized battle in Fiji final week in order that it might take a ship price 325 million dollars and take it to Hawaii.

The American Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) linked the ship “Amadea” with the Russian oligarch Sulejman Kerimov. The USA said that Kerimov secretly purchased a ship that sailed beneath the flag of the Cayman Islands final 12 months by means of numerous firm screens.

The ship turned the goal of the KleptoCapture headquarters, launched in March to grab the property of Russian oligarchs as a way to put stress on Russia to finish the warfare in Ukraine.

The FBI stated that whereas engaged on a search warrant in Fiji, emails had been discovered displaying that Kerimov’s kids had been on board this 12 months and that the crew used coded GO names for Kerimov, G1 for his spouse, G2 for his daughter and so forth.

The 106-meter-long, football-length boat has a lobster pool, a hand-painted piano, a swimming pool and a big heliport.

Lawyer Fejzal Hanif, who represents the corporate “Millermarin Investments”, the proprietor of the vessel on paper, said that the proprietor is one other wealthy Russian who just isn't beneath sanctions like Kerimov.