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The Security Police point out that they have gathered enough evidence against Grantins to propose criminal proceedings to be brought against him.

Grantins will be prosecuted in according to the Criminal Law's Section 78 – inciting national, ethnic or racial hatred, as well as Section 81 – incitement to forcibly overthrow the government of Latvia and change the political system.

As reported, this past July, the Security Police detained Grantins.

The Security Police confirmed that Grantins had been detained according to a court order. The arrest order was issued in 2014 following a criminal case on activities kindling ethnical hatred, which the Security Police had opened in 2012.

Grantins, who resides in Germany, created the website www.tautastribunals.eu ("people's tribunal" in Latvian). He declared himself the chairman of the people's tribunal of the Republic of Latvia, and has been regularly criticizing a number of Latvia's politicians and officials.

Grantins announced that he was sentencing several Latvian officials and politicians to capital punishment.

This past June, Grantins said on his website that he had come back to Latvia regardless of threats he had received from the government.