The yachts, most of whose owners have been hit with sanctions for alleged connections with Moscow, include oligarch Viktor Vekselberg’s Tango, impounded in Spain. Also seized is the 143-metre A, which Italy alleged belongs to Andrey Melnichenko, formerly Russia’s richest person. (Lawyers for Melnichenko said in 2024 that he did not personally own the yacht and that it was controlled by a trust with no connection to him.)