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Frozen Yachts & Maritime Justice: Once meant to fund Ukraine’s war effort. Now bleeding €20M a year
Frozen under international sanctions, the superyacht Royal Romance has become a €20 million-a-year liability. Once intended to support Ukraine’s war effort, it now exposes Europe’s legal deadlocks, institutional paralysis and the shortcomings of maritime justice in dealing with frozen assets.

E. VOTAT
May 21, 20255 min read
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