On Thursday, June 4, at the Pāterniki Border Control Point, border guards detained a briber - giving a bribe of €150, a Czech citizen attempted to the bribe border guards.
While administering a queue of light vehicles, border guards detcted a Czech citizen departing from Latvia, who wanted border guards to allow him to bypass the queue of cars.
The man offered the border guards €150 as a bribe to allow him to cross the border without queuing in the waiting line.
Criminal proceedings were initiated against the Czech citizen, for a bribery pursuant to Section 323(1) of the Criminal Law, the person was recognised as a suspect, and the criminal proceedings were handed over to the South Latgale Prosecution Office under urgent procedures for the initiation of criminal prosecution. A prosecutor's penal order has been imposed on the person at the South Latgale Prosecution Office, whereby the man who committed the offence will be fined in the amount of 10 minimum monthly wages, i.e. 7 000 euros.
Bribery qualifies as a serious crime punishable in accordance with the Latvian Criminal Law by the deprivation of liberty for a period of up to five years, or temporary deprivation of liberty, or community service, or a fine in an amount of ten up to two thousand minimum wages specified in the Republic of Latvia.