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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Gemma Handy

REVEALED: Revealed russia linked superyachts going dark to avoid tracking systems | Rare Historical Photos

A sleek, black-hulled superyacht at anchor in a bay ringed by hills, photographed from water level, with a small sailing dinghy in the foreground
The Alfa Nero, photographed in Antigua last week. Linked to the sanctioned billionaire Andrey Guryev, it last reported its position via AIS on 3 March. Photograph: Gemma Handy

In the sparkling azure waters of Antigua, the gleaming £95m superyacht Alfa Nero could be seen at anchor last week by sightseers enjoying the Caribbean coastline. But few of the tourists who spotted its sleek black hull would have appreciated that it was quite a find.

Since the invasion of Ukraine, the superyacht, which is linked to the Russian billionaire Andrey Guryev, has vanished off the global tracking maps used to locate marine traffic.

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