Corruption, Financial Services, Latvia, Legislation, Transport

The Prosecutor's Office points out that the case itself is very voluminous, thus no one has been charged yet.

As reported, information received from investigators in the United States indicates that Riga City Council officials feature in three incidences of bribery in connection with the German auto manufacturer Daimler.

The officials received bribes from Daimler so that it would win public transportation purchase tenders in Riga. The Daimler manufactured ''Mercedes Benz'' public transportation buses were eventually purchased by the Riga municipal public transportation company Rigas Satiksmes. A total of 117 ''Mercedes Benz'' buses were purchased by the municipal company between 2002 and 2006.

According to case materials from the U.S., between 1998 and 2008 the German concern paid at least USD 56 million (LVL 32.25 million) in bribes in 22 countries, including EUR 4.3 million in Latvia.