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Gallery of ECB Governors in Legal Woe Grows on Latvia Case

  • Latvian Governor Rimsevics was held by anti-graft authorities
  • ECB policy makers across the bloc have had legal run-ins
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Latvian ECB Member Rimsevics Caught Up in Graft Probe

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The detention of European Central Bank policy maker Ilmars Rimsevics is one of the most serious such cases to afflict the institution in its two-decade history, but it’s not the first.

The 52-year-old head of the Latvian central bank, held by the country’s anti-corruption bureau at the weekend and released on bail on Monday, joins a list of ECB officials who have had run-ins with the law. Some have been acquitted, one was found guilty, and most have alleged political persecution.