The threat of cybercrime in the European Union (EU) has increased. Cybercrime has become big business and a whole illicit economy of service providers and recruiters has been created to support it. This makes it increasingly difficult for law enforcement authorities to investigate cyberattacks, as many specialised criminals from all corners of the globe operate […]
On 7 October this year, the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia organised a training for members of the cooperation network of the Anti-Fraud Coordination Service (AFCOS) – managers and experts at different levels of government. We were invited to provide and conduct these trainings within the framework of repeated cooperation. AFCOS aims […]
On April 22 and 23 of 2022, an international conference of the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA) took place in Riga with the support of the Latvian Council of Sworn Advocates, bringing together more than a hundred defence lawyers from different European countries. Dr.iur. Violeta Zeppa-Priedīte, attorney-at-law, a member of the ECBA and Head of […]
Sorainen Latvia advised the TV3 group company TV Play Baltics on the application of international sanctions in response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Since Russia’s renewed aggression against Ukraine in February 2022, the international community has implemented unprecedented sanctions against Russia and Belarus. The sanctions, implemented by the European Union, the United States of America, […]
We are representing a player in the international technology sector in an investigation in Latvia initiated by the Latvian Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau. A former employee of the client was convicted in a foreign country for a large-scale bribery, with payment of more than EUR 2 million in bribes alleged. About the case A case […]