Leonid mikhelson yachtworld

MARMARIS, TURKEY (BLOOMBERG) - After not broadcasting its location for almost two weeks, a US$150 million (S$205 million) luxury superyacht linked to sanctioned Russian billionaire Leonid Mikhelson reappeared again - transmitting it was headed to the Bahamas and Barcelona - locations that would have put it at risk of seizure.

Turns out, its final destination is a safe haven sought after by many other vessels of tycoons facing sanctions: Turkey.

After a nearly month-long journey that took it more than 11,000km, the Pacific moored on Thursday (June 2) at the port of Marmaris in the country's south.

The journey of the 280-foot Pacific, sailing "dark" for nearly half of the trip without its automatic identification system turned on as required by international maritime law, shows the risky measures the crew of these multimillion dollar vessels are undertaking to get to jurisdictions deemed unlikely to arrest the floating palaces.

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