In an earlier post we reported that the Latvian authorities had 14 ongoing criminal prosecutions.
This morning, Raimonds Zukuls of the Latvian State Revenue Service has given an interview announcing that 114 criminal cases were opened during 2022 and a further 144 cases were opened during 2023.
These cases all concern the EU’s Russian and Belarusian sanctions. It was also said that most cases relate to electrical goods, car parts, luxury goods, timber products, fuel, fodder and metal products.
It was also stated that over 5,000 imports/exports had been stopped by the State Revenue Service.