The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and the Prosecutor General's Office organized a training and discussion at the Judicial Academy to discuss the implementation of sanctions imposed against Russia and Belarus and the criminal aspects of sanctions violations. The training was attended by 60 participants, bringing together investigators, prosecutors and judges.
During the training, Marta Tilhena, Head of the FIU Sanctions Implementation Division, and Roberts Dūdiņš, Head of the Financial Intelligence Division, explained the legal aspects of sanctions restrictions, including emphasizing the role of courts in sanctions issues and introducing the most significant judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union related to the sanctions regulation. Participants were provided with insight into the identification and detection of sanctions violations, with particular emphasis on current typologies of sanctions violations. At the same time, the lecturers emphasized the importance of inter-institutional cooperation with the FIU in the process of investigating, prosecuting and adjudicating sanctions violations.
During the training, Deputy Prosecutor of the Specially Authorized Prosecutors Division of the Criminal Justice Department of the Prosecutor General's Office, Aldis Lasmanis, focused on the criminal aspects of sanctions violations, explained the peculiarities of obtaining evidence in sanctions violation cases, as well as issues of assessing the proportionality of the imposed penalties.
At the end of the training, participants had the opportunity to solve practical tasks, analyzing situations of possible sanctions violations. This was followed by a useful discussion on how to improve cooperation between institutions to make the identification, proof and prosecution of sanctions violations in Latvia more effective.
FIU, the Academy of Justice and the Prosecutor General's Office thank the participants for their genuine interest and active participation during the training and discussion.
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