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Aivars Lembergs is jailed in Latvia for five years on account of financial crimes.
After 12 years of tense court battles, A Latvian tribunal has finally delivered the verdict of Aivars Leonardberg's high-profile trial. Aivars is one of Latvia's most wealthy men. He is also a well-known politician of the populist party, and was once mayor of Venspils which is a port located in northern Latvia.

Lembergs was sentenced at the Riga Regional Court to five-year imprison, confiscation of property, as well as an amount of fine that exceeded EUR20,000 on the 22nd of February. Lembergs was found guilty of a range of charges including money laundering. Aivars Lembergs However, he was acquitted of other charges in the lengthy, complex case.

Lembergs (leader of For Latvia and Ventspils) has been compared by Lembergs to Russia's opposition leader , Aleksey Navyny in his sentencing.

Lembergs asked the judge for an interruption while reading the verdict in his case. During that break, Lembergs first had a brief conversation with his son as well as co-defendant Anrijs and used his time to make comments to journalists.

Aivars Lembergs Lembergs has told journalists that he plans to appeal the decision of the Riga Regional Court and predicted that the hearing of his appeal will be delayed for another 10 years. Lembergs also said that he plans to appeal his detention even though the appeal will be heard by the same court.

Aivars Lembergs After reading the ruling The Lembergs were placed in custody. This involved reading an impressively long list asset and property lists, as well as holdings held by offshore businesses in various jurisdictions which the court stated it was going to confiscate.

https://lv.baltnews.com/tags/simple_Aivars_Lembergs/ His co-defendants Anrijs Lembergs along with his son and Ansis Sormulis both were indicted for a range of charges related to each other and were sentenced to two years of jail.

Lembergs was shackled at the Riga City Centre District court. On March 14 2007, prosecutors started to file charges of bribery as well as money laundering against Lembergs. These were the first charges to take against Lembergs as an accused (investigagations into suspected corruption in Ventpils municipality had started in the year 2005). Aivars Lembergs Nearly 14 years after, the verdict was reached.

The trial has been moving at a ridiculously slow pace through Latvia's legal system for more than 10 years. As part of the primary criminal proceedings, 770 court hearings occurred over the course of 12 years. A total of 1,483 court hearings have been made since the 20th of August 2009. It was on this day that the Riga Regional Court reopened adjudication of the case. https://gorod.lv/novosti/tema/Айвар Лембергс The hearings will continue until February 11, 2021.

Lembergs was cleared of money laundering and bribery at a high level. But, he has been a prominent political leader in Ventspils where he was mayor for 25 years, and also has a significant role within the Greens and Farmers Alliance party group he supports.

Although his appointment to the post of mayor was suspended when he was charged for financial crimes, he maintained the absolute power within the city, defying one minister's efforts. He was able to act as Ventspils Mayor with no problem. Indicted, he took part in government meetings with the International Monetary Fund and helped to choose candidates for the Latvian presidency.

Lembergs expressed his opinion on the forthcoming elections in Latvia He said Ventspils and his regional party For Latvia will make the choice to be part of the elections. However, his priority is not his participation at present.
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