Guardian

Organised crime group busted, charged with money laundering

June 17, 2025

Latvia’s State Police and its Department of Organised Crime have completed an investigation in partnership with the Prosecutor’s Office of the Rīga District Court into an organised gang which is [..]

Latvia

Bus company charged with smuggling of goods

January 29, 2025

The Finnish newspaper Uutissuomalainen has reported that a bus company which provides services between Tallinn and Riga to Russia has been smuggling goods subject to sanctions through the Luhamaa border [..]

Latvia

Police detain man who illegally stored and sent weapons and explosives through parcel machines

July 31, 2024

In July, officers of the Riga Regional Police detained a man suspected of storing weapons and explosives at several addresses in Riga and sending them via parcel machines, the State [..]

Latvia

Security Service has executed search warrants at several residences associated with Zdanoka

July 23, 2024

The State Security Service yesterday executed search warrants at several residences associated with former European Parliament member Tatjana Zdanoka (Latvian Russian Union). The Security Service confirmed to LETA that search [..]

Estonia

Russia initiates criminal investigation against Estonian PM

February 13, 2024

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has launched criminal proceedings against Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, as well as State Secretary Taimar Peterkop, Lithuanian minister of culture and members of [..]

Latvia

Government supports separating criminal investigation authorities from State Revenue Service

February 7, 2024

The government endorsed the Finance Ministry’s plan to separate the criminal investigation institutions – the Tax and Customs Police Administration and the Internal Security Board – from the State Revenue [..]

Lithuania

Half a ton of drugs worth EUR 70 mln seized in international operation in Vilnius

November 10, 2023

Officers of the Lithuanian Customs Criminal Service (CCS) intercepted a consignment containing half a ton of drugs during an international operation in Vilnius. The value of such a consignment of [..]

Latvia

Police manhunt underway for woman believed to have let her baby die

November 6, 2023

A police manhunt is underway for a woman who is believed to have left her home with her newborn baby, which later was found dead in an abandoned vehicle, the [..]

Lithuania

Vilnius court starts hearing case of man accused of spying for Belarus

October 3, 2023

The Vilnius Regional Court on Monday began hearing the case of Mantas Danielius, a Vilnius resident accused of spying for Belarus and witness tampering. As the case is not public, [..]