Latvia

KNAB seeks prosecution of former acting head of Riga City Council’s department for spatial planning and mobility for offering bribe

June 27, 2024

The Corruption Prevention Bureau (KNAB) has handed over to the prosecutor’s office a criminal case in which it obtained evidence that Janis Vaivods, former acting head of the Riga City [..]

Lithuania

Stepukonis embezzled EUR 40.4 mln from BaltCap fund companies, investigation shows

February 28, 2024

Sarunas Stepukonis embezzled 40.4 million euros from BaltCap Infrastructure Fund’s portfolio companies, BaltCap said on Tuesday, citing the results of an internal investigation conducted jointly with a team of external [..]

Latvia

Head of Riga City Council’s Spatial Planning and Mobility Department probed for bribery

February 28, 2024

The Corruption Prevention Bureau (KNAB) on Monday raided the offices of Riga City Council’s Spatial Planning and Mobility Department as part of a bribery probe, LETA was told at KNAB. [..]

Estonia

ISS suspecting MP Molder of soliciting bribe

February 9, 2024

MP Tonis Molder from the Isamaa party said in a statement on Friday morning that the Internal Security Service (ISS) informed him on Thursday that he was suspected of soliciting [..]

Latvia

Uzbek national fined €7,000 for bribing a customs officer €50 to ‘drink tea’

January 8, 2024

The prosecutor’s office has fined an Uzbek citizen 7,000 euros for giving a 50-euro bribe to a customs officer to “drink tea”, LETA has found out. According to the indictment, [..]

Latvia

Corruption Prevention Bureau carries out searches in Valka as part of investigation in large-scale fraud scheme

November 8, 2023

The Corruption Prevention Bureau in cooperation with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) on Tuesday conducted searches and interrogations in Valka and elsewhere in Latvia as part of investigation in [..]

Estonia

Estonia: Donation platform suspected of embezzling funds raised for Ukraine

October 4, 2023

The Estonian police suspect the non-profit organization Infograafika ja Ergonoomika Instituut and its sole management board member Henri Laupmaa of embezzling funds collected for Ukraine through the non-profit’s donation platform [..]