Firstly, the Customs Administration stated that they had
confirmed 2,623 breaches of sanctions so far this year up from
2,175 in 2023.
It was also stated that to date "€662,498.27 worth
of goods have been confiscated in favor of the State in criminal
proceedings for breach of sanctions".
This is a substantially higher figure that those for
confiscations identified in our recent post summarising Latvian
convictions obtained in 2022 and 2023.
The article also stated that a total of 14 prosecutions had been
brought in relation to the making available of economic resources
to companies (i.e. the websites Sputnik and Baltnews) owned or
controlled by Dmitry Kiselyov.
Two of those prosecutions ended in convictions in 2023 (as per
our earlier post above), but the article adds that "This year
[i.e. 2024], three more cases have ended in fines and community
service".
