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On 27 January of the current year the representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway and the Embassy of Norway had a special visit to the representatives of the Ministry of the Interior and the State Police. The purpose of the visit was to establish the results achieved, progress and future activities of […]

The report of the study conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on the cooperation and coordination mechanism between the State Police Departments and other institutions involved in the investigation of economic crimes has been published. The study evaluates the progress achieved so far in Latvia in the field of combatting of […]

On 1 February, the Ministry of the Interior hosted an informal visit by representatives of Norwegian law enforcement authorities to discuss potential inter-institutional cooperation between Norwegian and Latvian investigative authorities to strengthen the capacity to investigate environmental crimes in Latvia. In response to the offer of cooperation made by the Norwegian National Police Directorate to […]

On Monday, 12 December, a seminar on combating economic crime “Data Flow Analysis” took place. The seminar was organized by the State Police and implemented within the framework of the European Economic area grant 2014-2021 programme “International Police Cooperation and Combating Crime” project No.EEZ/VP/2020/1 “Support to the State Police for increasing effectiveness and quality of economic crime […]

The conference on a financial system without dirty money “Preventing and Combating Money Laundering”, organized within the framework of the European Economic Area financial instrument 2014-2021 period programme “International Police Cooperation and Combating Crime” project No.EEZ/VP/2020/1 “Support to the State Police for increasing effectiveness” by the State Police and the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Latvia, […]

June 17th this year, the Ministry of the Interior signed an agreement with the Ministry of Justice on a project that will serve as a springboard for the reform of the forensic examination institution in Latvia and which envisages the establishment of a single State Forensic Examination Centre under the Ministry of Justice, merging the […]

On May 19th & 20th, 2022, the Ministry of the Interior along Royal Norwegian Embassy, Council of Europe and EEA Grant Financial Mechanism Office representatives, as well as project promoters (State Police, State Revenue Service, Financial Intelligence Unit, Ministry of Justice, Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau and Ministry of Welfare) looked at the achieved results, […]

On 27 January, 2022, the Cooperation Committee of the European Economic Area (EEA) grant programme “International Police Cooperation and Combating Crime” held a meeting to discuss strengthening law enforcement capacity, including the introduction of 3D scanning in crime scene investigation. This year Latvian forensic experts will be trained in Latvia and Norway in 3D scanning […]

How will Latvia’s Barnahus model look like? Answer to this and to other children’s rights protection questions are going to be explored within European Economic Area grant programme “International Police Cooperation and Combating Crime” project “Support for Barnahus implementation in Latvia” seminar “Together” organised by the Ministry of Welfare of the Republic of Latvia in […]

The Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Latvia under the European Economic area grant 2014-2021 (EEA grants) programme “International Police Cooperation and Combating Crime” (Programme) seventh project “Strengthening of the capacity of forensic system and inspection of the site of the event” in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of […]

On 16th of June 2021, by remote video conference, during the 7th Cooperation Committee meeting EEA Grants 2014–2021 programme “International Police Cooperation and Fight against Crime” (Programme) recent developments and achievements were discussed with key Programme stakeholders, as well as a renewed plan of Bilateral Cooperation Fund initiatives was approved. The Ministry of the Interior, […]

On June 1st, 2021, International Children’s Day, an online strategic discussion “Children 2025” took place with initiation from the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Welfare of the Republic of Latvia. During the event, insights into the importance of protecting children’s rights were discussed, including orphan court reform, implementation of the principle of the […]

A public opinion poll conducted by the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) shows that one in five residents and entrepreneurs tolerate giving bribes to state or municipal officials, similarly acknowledging making informal payments, giving gifts or using personal contacts over the past two years to deal with a variety of professional or domestic situations. […]

The Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Latvia as the EEA Grants 2014-2021 Programme “International Police Cooperation and Combating Crime” Operator has actively worked towards successful implementation of the Programme. During the last quarter, the Programme Operator has focused on work towards approving the last two pre-defined projects of the Programme, activating formal and […]

On February 25th, 2021 first ever EEA Grant 2014-2021 programme “International police cooperation” (hereinafter – Programme) Project Monitoring Board meeting was held, which is one of the most imperative instruments to ensure successful project implementation monitoring and give stakeholders an official framework to share experience, examples of goods practice and challenges.   During the meeting, […]

On 18th of February 2021 an agreement was signed between the Ministry of Welfare of the Republic of Latvia and the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Latvia on the implementation of project “Support for Barhanus Implementation in Latvia”. The aim of the project is to create a one-stop support agency for child victims […]

On December 14th, 2020 a videoconference of the Cooperation Committee of the EEA Grants 2014 – 2021 programme “International Police Cooperation and Combating Crime” took place to discuss the latest developments and the progress of the programme, as well as the conceptual approval of the Fund for Bilateral Relations activities plan. The Ministry of the […]

The programme International Police Cooperation and Combating Crime benefits from a 15 000 000 € grant through the European Economic Area Grants 2014-2021 and 2 647 059 € as national co-financing. The aim of the programme International Police Cooperation and Combating Crime is to improve crime prevention and investigation in Latvia. As of December 2020, […]

On November 12th and 13th, 2020 State Police organized an online seminar “Criminal law norm and criminal procedure interpretation methodology peculiarities: methods of interpretation and application”. The goal of the seminar was to give its participants theoretical and practical knowledge, academic findings and practical techniques in the field of economic crime investigation about criminal law […]

On the July 27th, the Director-General of the State Revenue Service Ieva Jaunzeme and the Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Latvia Ingūna Aire signed agreements on the implementation of two major projects: “Preventing and combating economic crime at the Border Crossing Point Terehova” and “Promoting cooperation between […]

On Thursday, October 1st, the opening event of the program “International Police Cooperation” funded by European Economic Area (EEA) Financial Mechanism for the Period 2014-2021 took place with Director-General of the State Revenue Service Ieva Jaunzeme, Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Latvia Ingūna Aire, the current acting […]

On the September 22nd 2020 during a work meeting in the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Riga the Ministry of the Interior as the Program Operator informed about the progress on the implementation of the European Economic Area (EEA) Financial Mechanism for the Period 2014-2021 program “International Police Cooperation and Combating Crime”. Program Operator’s manager Deputy […]

On 6th October this year, Jēkabs Straume, the Director of the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) and Ingūna Aire, Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior, signed an agreement on the implementation of the “Support for the establishment of a whistle-blowing system in Latvia” project. KNAB has received support for the implementation […]

On July 3rd 2020 European Economic Area (EEA) Grants for the Period 2014-2021 co-funded programme “International Police Cooperation and Combating Crime” project “Support to the State Police for increasing effectiveness and quality of economic crime investigation in Latvia” was started. The aims of this project are efficient economic crime prevention and combating. With the help […]

On December 4, 2019, the Agreement of Programme “International Police Cooperation and Combating Crime” (hereinafter – Programme) was signed between the Ministry of Finance (as National Focal Point) and the Financial Mechanism Office. The aim of the Programme is institutional capacity strengthening for preventing and combating economic crime in Latvia, as well as inter-agency cooperation […]

On February 11th 2020 the Cabinet of Ministers announced implementation rules of the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism 2014 – 2021 programme “International Police Cooperation and Combating Crime”. With this announcement an important step has been taken as project evaluations can start. These rules also include the goal, available funding, goals, implementation rules of activities […]

On February 11th 2020 the Cabinet of Ministers announced implementation rules of the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism 2014 – 2021 programme “International Police Cooperation and Combating Crime”. With this announcement an important step has been taken as project evaluations can start. These rules also include the goal, available funding, goals, implementation rules of activities […]