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Tuesday, 16.04.2024, 08:00
Saeima appoints Straume as chief of Corruption Prevention Bureau
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Straume’s candidacy was supported by the government on June
6.
Straume has said that his priorities in the position will be
to rebuild the KNAB team and to promote Latvia’s national economy through
corruption prevention.
Straume, born in 1976, has also served as a NATO expert in
Afghanistan, as well as within NATO structures at NATO headquarters in Brussels
in the past.
He also possesses clearance for classified information in
Latvia, as well as a "Secret" level NATO clearance.
Previously he worked in the anti-corruption department of
the Latvian State Police at the time the police were still responsible for the
fight against corruption.
He has received 11 awards from Latvian and NATO officials.
Straume earlier told members of the Saeima committee that
Latvia is a democratic state and anti-corruption operatives should not use
investigative tactics resembling Hollywood movies with men in balaclavas, and
that investigations should not culminate in "tearing corruption suspects
apart in front of the public", which in Straume’s opinion undermines
public trust in the anti-corruption bureau.
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