U.S. Treasury "embeds" advisor in Latvian Finance Ministry
On September 24, Latvia's Minister for Finance Jānis Reirs, the Head of the Financial Intelligence Unit Ilze Znotiņa and the U.S. Ambassador to Latvia John L. Carwile signed the Terms of Reference between the Republic of Latvia and the US Department of Treasury, prescribing the provision of technical assistance of the U.S. Department of Treasury in the field of anti-money laundering and countering terrorism and proliferation. At the signing, Reirs said: "We have successfully completed significant reforms within the scope of capital repairs during the previous yea...