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The Monster Screaming the Loudest
In late October 2025, the majority of the Latvian Parliament voted to denounce the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, also known as the Istanbul Convention. This move faced considerable civic protests and was ultimately suspended due to a presidential veto. Nevertheless, what happened in Latvia was...
Latvian E. coli investigation makes progress as patient count hits 60
At least 60 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) infections are being investigated in Latvia. The country’s Center for Disease Prevention and Control (SPKC) has been providing regular updates on the number of sick people. The majority of patients are children and illnesses started in March. Initial results from laboratory testing on samples from sick people has...
Twelve E. coli cases under investigation in Latvia
Latvian public health officials have reported 12 recent E. coli infections with mostly children sick. The Center for Disease Prevention and Control (SPKC) said it is conducting an epidemiological investigation because of the registered cases of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) to determine the sources of infection. Since March 19, the SPKC has received 12...
FinCEN Withdraws Designation of ABLV Bank as Foreign Financial Institution “Of Primary Money Laundering Concern”
A Gesture Providing Limited Solace to a Now-Defunct Bank Six years ago, in early 2018, we blogged about the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (“FinCEN’s”) designation of ABLV Bank, AS (“ABLV”), then the second-largest bank in Latvia, as a foreign financial institution “of primary money laundering concern” pursuant to Section 311...
Riga
The D&O Diary’s European travels continued with a stop in Riga, Latvia’s capital city and the largest city in the Baltic states. Located on the Daugava River where it meets the Baltic Sea, Riga is a level, walkable city full of interesting architecture and beautiful parks. The entire country of Latvia has only about 1.9...
Can an Employer Review Social Media Posts While Assessing Candidates?
Can an employer review social media posts for the purpose of assessing job candidates? Sometimes, according to a guide on data protection in employment released by the national Data Protection Authority for Latvia, Datu valsts inspekcija, Some key points:
OFAC Enforcement Impacts NFTs: As Crypto Enforcement Ramps Up to Combat Ransomware, Robust Compliance is Key
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action last Monday, November 8, 2021, and sanctioned a Latvia-based exchange, Chatex, its associated support network, and two ransomware operators for facilitating financial transactions for ransomware actors. In total, OFAC designated Chatex and 57 cryptocurrency addresses (associated with digital wallets) as Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs)....
OFAC Enforcement Impacts NFTs: As Crypto Enforcement Ramps Up to Combat Ransomware, Robust Compliance is Key
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action last Monday, November 8, 2021, and sanctioned a Latvia-based exchange, Chatex, its associated support network, and two ransomware operators for facilitating financial transactions for ransomware actors. In total, OFAC designated Chatex and 57 cryptocurrency addresses (associated with digital wallets) as Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs)....
European Court Rules On Jehovah’s Witness Right To Payment For Surgery Without Blood Transfusion
In A. v. Veselības ministrija, (Eur. Ct. Justice, Oct. 29, 2020), the European Court of Justice instructed a Latvian court on the criteria to apply in a case in which a Jehovah’s Witness child living in Latvia needed heart surgery, but the family had religious objections to blood transfusions. The operation was available in Poland, but not in...
Latvian officials investigate Salmonella and E. coli illnesses
Officials in Latvia are investigating 40 Salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli illnesses with mostly children affected. A total of 36 children and four employees of educational institutions are ill, according to the Latvian Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (SPKC). Salmonellosis has been laboratory confirmed in nine children with symptoms of acute intestinal infection...