law enforcement

Lithuanian law enforcement refrains from comments about an international investigation into incendiary devices sent via DHL, a German logistics company.

Law enforcement has opened a pre-trial investigation against Irma Gajauskaitė, a candidate in parliamentary elections from the Nation and Justice Union (Centrists, Nationalists), for inciting riots.

Law enforcement officers visited the Labour Party’s headquarters on Tuesday and left with a pile of documents. Its Chairman Andrius Mazuronis says the investigation is linked to the previous leadership’s activities in the European Parliament.

Private equity fund BaltCap has filed a EUR 16.6 million lawsuit against its former partner in Lithuania Šarūnas Stepukonis and gambling company Olympic Casino Group Baltija, and its Estonian shareholder OB Holding 1, reports business news website vz.lt.

With a week remaining until the NATO Summit in Vilnius, which will take place on 11-12 July, representatives of responsible institutions presented how they have been preparing for the high-level event.

Lithuania's law enforcement has no substantial evidence of a Saudi Arabian citizen suspected of organizing the 9/11 terrorist attacks being brought to a secret CIA detention center in Lithuania, a Vilnius court ruled on Tuesday. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here...

The scope of wiretapping of telephone conversations in Lithuania has fallen in the last year but critics maintain that court control of the practice remains too weak as Lithuanian judges approve more than 96% of requests from prosecutors.

People's trust in law enforcement, including the police, prosecutors and courts, in Lithuania is now the highest in 15 years, according to the results of a public survey, published on Saturday.

During her meeting on Tuesday with top officials of the Prosecutor General's Office and chief regional prosecutors, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė pointed out lengthy pre-trial investigations, underlined their quality and the need for prosecutors' offices to modernise.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with representatives of the Prosecutors' Trade Union to discuss major issues in their work and changes that need to be immediately implemented in order to ensure effective and quality activity of the Prosecutor's Office.