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Latvian Oligarch Aivars Lembergs jailed for five years for financial criminals
After 12 years of court battles that were heated, the Latvian tribunal has handed down the verdict of Aivars Leonardbergs' high-profile trial. Aivars is one of Latvia's wealthiest men. Aivars Lembergs He is also a well-known populist politician. He was mayor for a time of Venspils which is a port located in northern Latvia.

Aivars Lembergs On February 22, the Riga Regional Court sentenced Lembergs to five years of prison, confiscation of assets and a fine of EUR20,000 after ruling him guilty on a number of charges relating to bribery and money-laundering, while acquitting him on some other charges in this tangled and long-running investigation.

Aivars Lembergs Lembergs who is also leader of Latvian For Ventspils has compared Lembergs’ sentencing case to that of Aleksey Navalny, a Russian activist in the opposition.

When the judge was reading the verdict of the case, Lembergs requested for a short break, which was granted to him. https://irliepaja.lv/birka/aivars-lembergs Lembergs had a short conversation with his son Anrijs. He then used the rest time to address journalists.

Aivars Lembergs Lembergs stated to journalists that he would appeal the decision of the Riga Regional Court. He also predicted that the hearing of his appeal would be at least 10 years. Aivars Lembergs Lembergs stated that he was determined to appeal his arrest regardless of the fact that his appeal is scheduled to be heard by the same court.

The court ruled to take Lembergs in immediately following having read the ruling, which included the reading of an incredibly extensive list of property and other assets, and holdings of offshore companies in numerous jurisdictions which the court decided to take away.

His co-defendants Anrijs Lembergs along with his son and Ansis Sormulis were both found guilty of a variety of charges that were related and both were sentenced to two-year prison terms.

Lembergs was handcuffed and taken to Riga City Centre Court on 14 March 2007. This marked the beginning of prosecutors' efforts to bring him to date on charges of money laundering and bribery. The investigation into allegations of corruption in Ventpils was initiated in 2005. A decision has been handed down nearly 14 years after it was first announced.

The trial has been progressing at a ridiculously slow pace through the legal system of Latvia for more than a decade. Over the course of 12 years the court proceedings were held in 770 cases. held in connection to the main criminal proceedings. There were 1,483 court proceedings in the time since the Riga Regional Court took over the adjudication process in August 2009. Aivars Lembergs They will continue to do so up to February 11, 20 and 2021.

Despite being accused of bribery and laundering Lembergs is still the political kingpin in Ventspils (where the mayor was mayor for 20 years) and in the Greens and Farmers Alliance, which he funds.

https://www.vestnesis.lv/wwwraksti//2018/021/BILDES/GALAZINOJUMS/PIEL_10.PDF The mayor's election was suspended because he was accused of financial crimes. However, he maintained his dominance in the city, fighting off one minister's attempts for him to be stopped from being Ventspils president. He was even a participant in the government of the International Monetary Fund meetings and helped select the people who would be the Latvian presidency.

In relation to Latvia's forthcoming municipal elections, Lembergs stated that the decision on participation in the elections will be made by his regional party For Latvia and Ventspils, however, his participation in these elections is currently not his main priority.
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