Other events in Baltic States

The Riga Regional Court today sentenced Vladimirs Oderovs, a key defendant in a large-scale oil smuggling case, to five years and one month in prison, informs LETA.

Three other defendants in the case were also handed down prison sentences: Valerijs Vasiljevs, director at Magvejs Ltd., was sentenced to four years in prison, whereas Raivo Horsts and Arturs Balukevics were sentenced to three years in prison each. None of the four was arrested in the courtroom.

Another five defendants in the case – Vladimirs Karebo, Vadims Harunzijs, Vladimirs Cernovs, Vladislavs Jakubovskis and Viktors Pilutins – received suspended sentences, whereas Inna Macanovska was fully acquitted.

All ten defendants in were charged with smuggling, eight of them also with money laundering. Four defendants were also charged with document forgery.