The Latvian State Revenue Service (SRS, a direct administrative authority under the supervision of the Minister of Finance) at the Grebnevo border checkpoint detained a car with Bulgarian license plates, in the trailer of which an airplane was found.
EU sanctions prohibit any natural or legal person from selling, supplying, transferring or exporting goods suitable for aviation use.
A criminal case was opened under Article 84 of the Criminal Code for possible violations of sanctions established by an international organization and Latvia.
During the first five months of 2023, SRS found 956 shipments of sanctioned goods.
