{"id":149175,"date":"2022-04-05T09:29:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T13:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=149175"},"modified":"2022-04-05T09:29:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T13:29:39","slug":"net-closes-in-on-roman-abramovichs-bermuda-registered-yachts-in-antigua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/net-closes-in-on-roman-abramovichs-bermuda-registered-yachts-in-antigua\/","title":{"rendered":"Net closes in on Roman Abramovich\u2019s Bermuda-registered yachts in Antigua"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-414318122\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:342\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1201\" height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-1453159777\" class=\"antig-before-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/medicalbenefitsscheme\" aria-label=\"PHOTO-2026-04-07-10-45-56\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-07-10-45-56.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1200\/h:400\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-07-10-45-56.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:100\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-07-10-45-56.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:341\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-07-10-45-56.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:256\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-07-10-45-56.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"article-slider slick-initialized slick-slider\">\n<div class=\"slick-list draggable\">\n<div class=\"slick-track\">\n<div class=\"slick-slide slick-current slick-active\" data-slick-index=\"0\" aria-hidden=\"false\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"image\">\n<div class=\"article_image_caption image_text\" data-uuid=\"4030c012-e464-50d2-bd6a-7908a18930f9\">ROYAL GAZETTE: At risk: the Bermuda-registered <em id=\"emphasis-56d6a4913564c7015e5abf8bccce7b24\">Gar\u00e7on,\u00a0<\/em>above, and the\u00a0<em id=\"emphasis-d53ae00f06097393bc8ff53e5cc0bd8c\">Halo<\/em>, both linked to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, are at the centre of an international seizure move after they docked in the Caribbean (Photograph supplied)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slick-slide\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-slick-index=\"1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.editorial.prod.rgb.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=4e65ef35-0555-5438-80e0-4eea5e3159d0&amp;type=primary&amp;function=cover&amp;source=false&amp;width=800\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"article_image_caption image_text\" data-uuid=\"4e65ef35-0555-5438-80e0-4eea5e3159d0\">The Bermuda-registered\u00a0<em id=\"emphasis-7c432eca7141601bc7fd81696f07f449\">Halo,\u00a0<\/em>owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, and the\u00a0<em id=\"emphasis-9a15cf6c9ffa837bc816d9daf65983ee\">Gar\u00e7on,\u00a0<\/em>a bigger yacht also owned by the oligarch, could be seized after they docked in Antigua (Photograph from MarineTraffic.com)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-restofcontent\">\n<p class=\"article__body\">Two Bermuda-registered superyachts owned by the Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich could be seized after they put into port in the Caribbean.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3996876511\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"IMG_0041\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0041.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0041.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0041.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0041.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0041.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"article__body\">The 67-metre\u00a0<em id=\"emphasis-96d8dd1f1e39c8db35df1f928816b45f\">Gar\u00e7on<\/em>\u00a0and the 55-metre\u00a0<em id=\"emphasis-a0ce471417c7ecf613c9dadc490f9703\">Halo<\/em>, flying the Bermuda flag, docked in Falmouth Harbour in Antigua, which said it was prepared to co-operate with Britain, the EU and the United States, which have imposed sanctions on Russian oligarchs after Russia launched an invasion of neighbouring Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body beforeArticleAd\">Sir Ronald Sanders, Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s ambassador to the US, said: \u201cAntigua and Barbuda has been at the forefront of objections to the invasion of Ukraine and Russia\u2019s violation of international law.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"antig-920977562\" class=\"antig-content_4 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div><div id=\"antig-4064893932\" class=\"antig-content_12 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"IMG_0040\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0040.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0040.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0040.jpg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0040.jpg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/IMG_0040.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-ads\">\n<div class=\"below-article-ad d-lg-block d-none\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1397220158251-15\" class=\"advertisement\" data-google-query-id=\"CIK15efu_PYCFcjthwodaN4D2g\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/10134346\/article-ad3-600x140_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"article__body\">But he added the US had been unable to establish beyond doubt the ownership of the boats because of the \u201cveil of secrecy\u201d around BVI companies.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3593877293\" class=\"antig-content antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ReggaeInTheParkAntigua\" aria-label=\"lucanio\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:864\/h:1080\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:240\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:819\/h:1024\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:960\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/lucanio.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Sir Ronald said: \u201cWe have no sanctions laws here \u2014 we can\u2019t seize property unless someone has committed a crime in Antigua, which they have not.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">\u201cHowever, we would wish to co-operate with the jurisdiction imposing the sanctions.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2879589256\" class=\"antig-content_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.com\/antigua\/\" aria-label=\"500X500 (1)\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:500\/h:500\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:300\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:150\/h:150\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/500X500-1.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"article__body\">\u201cThe British would have to make a mutual legal assistance treaty request to Antigua for us to do anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Sir Ronald explained that once a request was made, the case could be taken to court for a possible seizure of the boats.<\/p><div id=\"antig-3227305311\" class=\"antig-content_3 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiguabarbudaculinarymonth.com\/\" aria-label=\"CM key_WEB 1300x300_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1301\/h:301\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1301\/h:301\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 1301w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:69\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:237\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:178\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/CM-key_WEB-1300x300_1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1301\" height=\"301\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"article__body\">He was speaking to the\u00a0<em id=\"emphasis-20a55fb30ac6a5ae52188f28c1e520b8\">Antigua Observer,\u00a0<\/em>which said that the British\u00a0<em id=\"emphasis-1c4636b62884d2145b3b5fabc2ae29c5\">Financial Times<\/em>\u00a0had identified the yachts as linked to Mr Abramovich.<\/p><div id=\"antig-1726172649\" class=\"antig-content_6 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img 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height=\"401\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"article__body\">The two yachts were said to be owned by British Virgin Islands-based Wenham Overseas and that Abramovich, 55, was the beneficial owner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">But firms based in BVI, like Bermuda, a UK Overseas Territory where John Rankin, a former governor of Bermuda, is the Governor, are not required to reveal the beneficial owners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">But E P Chet Greene, the Antigua and Barbuda foreign affairs minister, has written to Scott Furssedonn-Wood, the British High Commissioner to Barbados, who also has responsibility for several other Caribbean countries, to ask for assistance in firm identification of the boats\u2019 owner and to promise \u201cfull assistance\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Britain, the EU and the US have drawn up sanctions lists of the Russian super-rich and companies linked to them said to be close to Russian president Vladimir Putin, who ordered the illegal invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Mr Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea FC in London, and other Russian oligarchs have been hit with asset freezes, travel bans and other restrictions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Several megayachts, along with private aircraft and mansions, have been seized by authorities around the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Antigua and Barbuda joined the chorus of condemnation of the illegal Russian action in Ukraine and promised to take action against Russian interests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Sir Ronald said: \u201cWe gave the lists to all our agencies, banks, Coast Guard, shipping companies, everyone who does business, saying these are people Antigua and Barbuda would prefer not to do business with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">The country has warned that anyone caught doing business with people or companies on the sanctions list, even if by accident, risked sanctions themselves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">The\u00a0<em id=\"emphasis-310fbf790d9af4a49d89219f304895cf\">Antigua Observe<\/em>r said that the country\u2019s banks had decided not to do any business with Russia or Belarus, which has supported the Russian invasion, even if the people or firms were not on any sanctions list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Sir Ronald explained: \u201cGoing through every single person on the lists is expensive and the risk was not worth the reward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Lindsy Thompson, the resident British Commissioner in the two-island country, said: \u201cIt\u2019s incredibly important for all nations, regardless of the size of their population, to put pressure on Russia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">\u201cThe horrific invasion and atrocities being committed by Russia have a profound effect on the whole world, whether it\u2019s the cost of fuel, the cost of living, but also on each nation\u2019s right to self-determination and this is a huge affront to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Ms Thompson added: \u201cAnything any country can do which allows the people of Ukraine to live in peace is the right thing to do.\u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">The Bermuda Shipping and Maritime Authority revealed two weeks ago that ten vessels on the island\u2019s registry belonged to companies set up in other overseas territories that were \u201cwidely known to be associated with high-profile Russian nationals\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">The BSMA said there was nothing in Bermuda\u2019s maritime legislation to allow for sanctions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body afterArticleSide\">But the authority was said to be in consultation with the Attorney-General\u2019s Chambers and the Financial Sanctions Implementation Unit to decide the next steps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"antig-489839059\" class=\"antig-in-comments_2 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/@hadeedmotorsltd\" 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