The National Enforcement Authority Finland has already impounded one yacht in connection with the sanctions imposed by the EU over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Highlights
- Finnish Customs has placed a total of 21 yachts under a transfer ban on grounds of suspicion that they are owned by oligarchs or individuals falling within the sanctions regime of the EU.
- If officials obtain confirmation of ownership, they will be impounded by the National Enforcement Authority Finland if they get confirmation.
- The law enforcement authority has already impounded one yacht in Finland, according to Finnish Customs.
- The detentions must not be moved anywhere between Thursday and Friday, the newspaper wrote earlier this month about a 32-metre yacht stored in Kotka, Southern Finland, that has been used by Dmitry Medvedev, a former president and prime minister of Russia.