It's a bit of a thing: > The group’s modus operandi involved renting a yacht from a charter company with different passports in each case, paying all costs in

It's a bit of a thing: > The group’s modus operandi involved renting a yacht from a charter company with different passports in each case, paying all costs in cash, and then taking out the automatic identification system of the yacht and putting it in a remote control toy boat to make the renters think that the yacht was adrift in territorial waters. Meanwhile, the stolen yacht had already reached international waters. * http://theislander.net/member-of-yacht-robbery-group-arrested-in-moscow/ http://theislander.net/member-of-yacht-robbery-group-arreste... Of course fencing a boat can be difficult, but I'm guessing they probably break it up for parts (engine, electronics, galley/kitchen, etc).