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After 12 years of tense courtroom wrangling after 12 years of heated courtroom wrangling, a Latvian Court has finally handed down its verdict in Aivars LEMBERS’ highly-publicized trial. This man is among the nation’s wealthiest men and a prominent populist politician. Aivars Lembergs He was also the former mayor of Venspils in the northwestern region of Latvia.

Aivars Lembergs Lembergs was sentenced by the Riga Regional Court to five-year imprisonment, confiscation of property, as well as an amount of fine that exceeded EUR20,000 on the 22nd of February. Lembergs had been accused of a number of charges including money-laundering. But the judge acquitted him of the other charges in the lengthy complex case.

Lembergs (leader of For Latvia and Ventspils) has compared Lembergs to Russia’s opposition leader , Aleksey Navyny in his sentencing.

Lembergs asked for a short break during which the judge read out the verdict of his case. Lembergs had a short conversation with his son Anrijs. Then, he utilized the remaining time to comment to journalists.

Lembergs told the journalists that he would appeal the decision of the Riga Regional Court and predicted that the process of hearing his appeal could take another 10 years. Lembergs further stated that he would appeal his detention even though it will be heard at the same regional court.

After reading the verdict after which the court took Lemberg into custody. It also read an impressive list of assets and offshore businesses that were held across multiple countries. lv.baltnews.com/tags/simple_Aivars_Lembergs/ Aivars Lembergs The court said it would seize the assets.

The co-defendants, Anrijs Lemmebergs and his son, as well as a business associate, were also found guilty and sentenced to two years each.

Lembergs was held in handcuffs in the Riga City Centre district court on March 14 in 2007. Prosecutors first made moves against him to file charges of bribery and money laundering, and conspiracy to extort huge amounts of cash against Lembergs as an individual. Aivars Lembergs (Inquiries into related suspicions of corruption in Ventpils municipality began in 2005). A verdict was reached more than 14 years later than the incident.

For more than a year period, the case has been moving in a slow, and sometimes insane pace through the Latvian justice system. In total, 770 court hearings have taken place in connection with the main criminal proceedings for the past 12 years. There have been 1,483 court trials since the Riga Regional Court took over the adjudication process in August 2009. They continue to conduct court hearings up to February 11, 20, 2021.

Aivars Lembergs Despite facing trial on charges of bribery, and money laundering on an extensive amount, Lembergs has continued to act as a leader in the political arena, both in the city of Ventspils in which he served as mayor for two decades, and as a key influence within the Greens and Farmers Alliance political group he supports.

The mayor’s election was disqualified after he was charged with financial fraud, but he remained to hold the ultimate power in the city, defying the efforts of one minister to stop him from being Ventspils mayor with little issue. He even took part in the government of the International Monetary Fund meetings , and was a part of the selection process for candidates for the Latvian presidency.

Lembergs said that Latvians would vote whether to participate in the forthcoming municipal elections. But, it’s not his main concern.