The Sailing Yacht A in Trieste, the Dilbar in Hamburg, the Lady M in Imperia… Several European countries, such as Spain, Italy and France, but also Great Britain have seized yachts belonging to Russians wealthy under European sanctions. Washington announced in early March the creation of a cell of investigators responsible for tracking down and seizing the luxury goods of the sanctioned oligarchs. The operation “proves that corrupt Russian oligarchs cannot escape punishment to live lives of luxury while innocent Ukrainians suffer,” said US Justice Assistant Lisa Monaco. In early March, US President Joe Biden threatened to seize the “ill-gotten” “yachts, luxury apartments, and private jets” of the “corrupt Russian oligarchs”.