Court Rules to Leave Skoda Transportation Official Vladislav Kozak in Custody

RIGA, Feb 27 (LETA) - Riga City Vidzeme District Court on Tuesday ruled to leave Skoda Transportation official Vladislav Kozak, who has been detained in connection with Rigas Satiksme municipal transport company's corruption case, in custody, LETA learned.

Of the six persons that were originally detained as part of the Rigas Satiksme corruption probe, only Kozaks and businessman Maris Martinsons still remain behind bars.

As reported, the Corruption Prevention Bureau (KNAB) is currently conducting a criminal investigation into allegedly corruptive procurement deals of Rigas Satiksme. The investigation was started in November and has been conducted in collaboration with Poland's anti-corruption agency (CBA).

In December 2018, six persons were held in Latvia and two in Poland in connection with the probe.

Although KNAB is not giving more details about the ongoing investigation, the anti-corruption agency's representatives revealed that the case is about an EUR 800,000 bribe that some of the people detained in Riga had helped to hide. The bribery case in related to the...