Motor Yacht Force Blue Seized
May 21st 10
"Flavio Briatore's £15m yacht seized in fraud probe after police chase along the Italian coast.
Officers on high-speed boats 'pursued' the 60-metre yacht Force Blue for several miles this morning.
They finally boarded it when it anchored off the port of La Spezia near Genoa and was boarded.
They had authority from a local prosecutor who ordered the boat to be impounded as part of the probe which centres on its status as a yacht available for charter.
Prosecutors believe the glamorous pair may be gaining massive tax breaks by declaring their boat was for hire... then living on it themselves.
Briatore claims that the yacht is available for hire at £240,000 a week and as result is registered out of the European Union, in the Cayman Islands, entitling him to a favorable tax break, according to Genoa prosecutors.
But prosecutor Walter Cotugno is looking into claims that there is no evidence of it being chartered - and that Briatore and his wife spend a large part of the year living on board.
Last week it was moored off Monte Carlo for the Formula One Grand Prix. Every summer Briatore and his wife are regularly seen hosting lavish parties as they cruise the Mediterranean.
A police spokesman said more details of the investigation into the 'contraband use' of Force Blue would be given at a press conference."
They finally boarded it when it anchored off the port of La Spezia near Genoa and was boarded.
They had authority from a local prosecutor who ordered the boat to be impounded as part of the probe which centres on its status as a yacht available for charter.
Prosecutors believe the glamorous pair may be gaining massive tax breaks by declaring their boat was for hire... then living on it themselves.
Briatore claims that the yacht is available for hire at £240,000 a week and as result is registered out of the European Union, in the Cayman Islands, entitling him to a favorable tax break, according to Genoa prosecutors.
But prosecutor Walter Cotugno is looking into claims that there is no evidence of it being chartered - and that Briatore and his wife spend a large part of the year living on board.
Last week it was moored off Monte Carlo for the Formula One Grand Prix. Every summer Briatore and his wife are regularly seen hosting lavish parties as they cruise the Mediterranean.
A police spokesman said more details of the investigation into the 'contraband use' of Force Blue would be given at a press conference."
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