The SRS intercepts the import of 400 thousand euros in cash into Latvia, possibly obtained by crime

A citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany and a citizen of the Republic of Moldova were in the vehicle, who did not declare cash, could not explain and present documents of the origin of the money. During the customs control, the persons were asked if cash was to be declared, to which both persons answered in the negative. Taking into account that it was not possible to carry out the in-depth control on the spot, it was decided to do it at the customs control point of the Riga Freeport in Riga, with the participation of a canine specialist of the SRS Customs Department with a cash-searching working dog. After this statement, the citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany stated that there was cash in the vehicle of about 400,000 euros, which he wanted to declare.

The undeclared cash found was seized and the individuals arrested. All withdrawn money has been deposited in the Treasury account. The persons were released and placed on non-custodial security measures.

The criminal process has been initiated for the criminal offenses provided for in the third part of Article 195 of the Criminal Law for the possible laundering of criminally obtained financial assets, if it has been committed in a large amount.

As part of the initiated criminal proceedings, five sanctioned searches were carried out (four of them in Riga, one in the Mārupe district), during which additional cash was seized – 102,240 euros, 45,466 US dollars, as well as banknotes in other currencies.

According to Article 19 of the Law on Criminal Procedure, no person is considered guilty until he is found guilty of committing a criminal offense in accordance with the procedures specified in the Law on Criminal Procedure.

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