A luxury motorboat owned by a Russian citizen was seized by Swedish police in Båstad harbor on suspicion of being funded by criminal money.

In a major police operation commencing the night before Thursday, maritime police seized a luxury motorboat in Båstad harbor. Sources informed SVT News that the boat’s owner is a Russian national. Police suspect the boat was financed with proceeds from criminal activities. The boat, estimated to have a second-hand value of up to ten million SEK, was towed away by the Coast Guard. Prosecutors must decide whether to proceed with selling the boat, with complications arising from the owner’s foreign citizenship, making international investigation more difficult.