The National Agency for Finding, Tracing and Management of Assets Derived from Corruption and Other Crimes (ARMA) has transferred the seized fishing Black Sea seine boat “Nord” for sale at State Enterprise “SETAM” Open Market of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.
“In connection with the events in Crimea, the ship was literally “grabbed” by the Russian Federation. It was seized in the relevant criminal proceedings and transferred to the Asset Recovery and Management Agency. After carrying out appropriate measures to secure this property while the enforcement proceedings were underway, it was clear, that the storage and maintenance costs were unreasonably high. According to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine the ship will be sold prior to the decision on confiscation. The funds from sale will be transferred to ARMA’s account at the State bank pending the court’s decision” said Andriy Pot’omkin, chief of ARMA’s legal department.
The ship was built in 1989 in the city of Azov (Rostov region of Russia), length - 23.6 m, width - 6.5 m, power of the main engine - 165 kW, net capacity - 32 tons. Electronic trading will be held on November 7, 2018, starting price - 1626181 UAH.
“We expect lively trading and we hope that the ship will be immediately sold to the new owner, who will be able to start its running. Everyone can submit applications for this lot within 15 days, pay the guarantee fee and participate in the bidding. We already have quite good experience in selling marine vessels. Only last year we sold 7, which were fishing boats, chemical trucks, and even two Russian tankers” said Viktor Vyshnov, General Manager of State Enterprise “SETAM” Open Market.
The transfer of seine boat for sale took place with the participation of representatives of the secretariat of the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights.
“All personal belongings of crew members were described and will be transferred to them. In particular, there was a laptop, clothes, documents and other personal belongings. All this remained in the same form as the sailors left it”, said Oleksandr Ostapenko, a representative of the Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights in the southern regions.
