The Dutch government said the "vessels cannot be delivered, transferred or exported" while their ownership is investigated for links to the Kremlin.
Highlights
- Dutch customs authorities impound 14 yachts in shipyards, including 12 still under construction.
- Vessels were being built in five different shipyards for “Russian beneficiaries,” the Dutch government says.
- The Netherlands has also frozen 516 million euros’ worth of assets and 155 million euros in transactions, the minister says.
- European and U.S.
- authorities have seized several yachting with links to Russian tycoons under the sanctions that followed the February 24 invasion of Ukraine.
- The Dutch government said the “vessels cannot be delivered, transferred or exported” while their ownership is investigated for links to the Kremlin, the Dutch minister said Wednesday.