The State Revenue Service (SRS) has suspended an organized group that has laundered more than five million euros, the State Revenue Service informs the portal Skaties.lv.
At the end of May 2021, employees of the State Revenue Service (SRS) Tax and Customs Police, in cooperation with the State Police Counter-Terrorism Unit “Omega” and the State Police Special Task Battalion, detained an organized group of persons. The arrest took place in the course of criminal proceedings in criminal proceedings initiated under Section 195, Paragraph three of the Criminal Law, concerning the possible money laundering of an organized group in the amount of not less than five million euros.
As part of the criminal proceedings, Tax and Customs Police officers conducted searches of 26 residences, offices and vehicles of the persons involved in Riga and Pieriga. During the search, evidence relevant to the criminal proceedings was found and seized, incl. mobile phones, computers, data carriers, servers, documents of foreign companies, calculators of foreign banks, drugs and cash in the total amount of about 100,000 euros.
Real estate belonging to persons established in criminal proceedings has been seized. A total of seven people were detained.
Four persons were identified as suspects in the criminal proceedings, two suspects were remanded in custody and the rest were remanded in custody.
An organized criminal group, actually operating in the territory of the Republic of Latvia, controlled not less than 15 foreign companies registered in the names of third-country nationals. The group also controlled the bank accounts of these companies, which were opened in banks and payment institutions of the European Union and other countries, providing money laundering services to foreign entrepreneurs – hiding the origin, ownership and movement of criminal assets, as well as changing their location.
In April 2021, criminal proceedings were initiated in the Tax and Customs Police Department of the SRS according to the characteristics of the criminal offense provided for in Section 195, Paragraph three of the Criminal Law.
No further information is currently provided in the interest of the investigation.
In accordance with Article 19 of the Criminal Procedure Law, no person shall be considered guilty until his or her guilt in committing a criminal offense has been established in accordance with the procedures specified in the Criminal Procedure Law.-
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