US seizes Russian oligarch’s £259 million superyacht in Fiji

The United States won a legal battle on Tuesday to seize a Russian-owned superyacht in Fiji and wasted no time in taking command of the 325-million-dollar (£259 million) vessel (Leon Lord/Fiji Sun/AP)

The United States won a legal battle on Tuesday to seize a Russian-owned superyacht in Fiji and wasted no time in taking command of the 325-million-dollar (£259 million) vessel.

Within two hours of the verdict, the vessel set sail for the US.