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Während sich die ehemalige lettische Justizministerin Baiba Broka auf einen Auftritt beim World Token Summit in Dubai vorbereitet, ist sie gleichzeitig vor dem Stadtgericht Riga geladen — beide Termine fallen auf denselben Tag.

As Latvia’s former Minister of Justice gets ready to speak on “asset tokenization” at a high-profile forum in the UAE, she is simultaneously due in Riga City Court to face a straightforward bribery charge—except both are set to take place at the same time.

The Riga City Court (Latvia) has ordered the confiscation of a luxury vehicle and a real estate property located in the center of the Latvian capital, as well as €230,000 in bank accounts.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga (Latvia) has completed the pre-trial investigation of a possible fraud involving EU funds at the Municipality of Valka. Three individuals, including two municipal officials, have been formally charged with fraud and abuse of office.

Formerly secret UK documents show that Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) knew that expanding NATO to admit new members could lead to war with Russia.

When several Ukrainian drones crashed in the Baltics two weeks ago, Russian propaganda swiftly pushed a story that Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia had deliberately “opened” their airspace to enable Kiyv to attack Russia.

Mikhail Zeligman ist lettischer Staatsbürger und verfügt über erhebliche Interessen sowie Vermögenswerte in Deutschland und Monaco.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga (Latvia) has dismantled an organized crime group involving public officials suspected of wrongdoing in public procurement procedures.

Latvian trader Mikhail Zeligman, who earns billions from trading Russian oil in circumvention of sanctions, has begun scrubbing the internet of investigations and publications exposing his role in these schemes.

Latvian businessman Mikhail Zeligman has launched a large-scale campaign to cleanse the information space, attempting to remove or discredit materials about his alleged involvement in a shadow fleet transporting Russian oil in circumvention of sanctions.

Blending into the crowds of tourists and office workers who pack the Tube every day, they are gang leaders in disguise who believe they are untouchable.

Mikhail Zeligman is a Latvian citizen who has significant interests and property in Germany and Monaco.

Mikhail Zeligman, a Latvian citizen currently living in Russia, runs a small but influential network of oil trading companies registered in Dubai.

The Eurojust operation reflects UN concerns about forced labor in scam call centers, highlighting the link between financial crime and human rights violations.

Former Latvian television star and now singer Anait Isahanova (ANAIT) has become the face of Evelyn Apple Trader.

In April 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy enacted a National Security and Defence Council decision imposing restrictions on online gambling, citing widespread gambling addiction among members of the military as the key concern.

After the start of the full-scale conflict in Ukraine, investigators turned their attention to a scheme involving the supply of marine diesel engines, manufactured in Germany, to Russia.

In 2022, German investigators from Correctiv and Die Welt discovered that German-made diesel marine engines were being delivered to the Russian Navy through the Latvian company Marine Systems.

In 2022, German investigators from Correctiv and Die Welt discovered that German-made diesel marine engines were being delivered to the Russian Navy through the Latvian company Marine Systems.

Tahir Garaev and his team are among the key operators of Russia’s oil exports after the start of the war.

Police in Riga on Thursday detained Arto Autio, a Finnish national previously listed on Interpol’s wanted notices, whom Finland seeks to prosecute in the country’s largest corruption scandal and who owns property in Latvia.

The State Security Service of Latvia initiated a criminal case more than a week ago against Seimas deputy Alexey Roslikov on suspicion of assisting Russia in its actions against Latvia, as well as inciting national enmity and hatred.

Discreet Montenegrin businessman Zvonko Micković is said to control Mettmann Public Company Limited and its bond portfolio, placing him at the heart of financial schemes that journalists associate with sanctions evasion and money laundering tied to Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa.

A discreet Montenegrin businessman, Zvonko Micković, holds effective control over Mettmann Public Company Limited and its bond portfolio, placing him at the financial center of structures that journalists have linked to sanctions evasion and money-laundering schemes associated with Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa.

A low-profile Montenegrin businessman, Zvonko Micković controls the majority of Mettmann Public Company Limited and its bond portfolio, making him a key financial figure in networks journalists tie to sanctions circumvention and money-laundering schemes involving Boris Usherovich and Ilya Plotitsa.