From 7 to 8 May 2026, an international conference entitled “Safety and Security at Sports Events: Police Response and Cooperation” was held in Riga at BTA Daugava Stadium. The event was organised by…
On 24 March, the Chairman of the ATLAS Network of European Special Intervention Units, Commander of the Swedish elite Special Intervention Unit NI, Mårten Langer, visited Latvia for an in-person…
Last week, on November 27 and 28, a seminar entitled “Information technologies in investigative work” was held at the Investigators’ Training Center of the State Police College. The seminar aimed to…
Two individuals have been detained in Latvia on suspicion of involvement in illegal drug trafficking, acting as couriers delivering narcotic substances for distribution in Finland. Through…
As part of the international operation “SIMcartel”, the State Police dismantled SIMbox infrastructure located in Latvia and detained five individuals who, under the guise of legitimate business…
On October 8–9 this year, an international conference organised by the State Police, entitled “New technology solutions as a resource for strengthening internal security,” was held in Riga. The…
Last week, on February 27 and 28, the officers from the State Police Cyber Crime Combatting 3rd Division organized an international seminar titled “OSINT Workshop for Nordic and Baltic Countries,”…
This week, from 26 to 27 November, the Latvian State Police organized an international “Operational meeting of heads of the homicide investigation units of the Member States of the European Union” in…
The Latvian State Police in cooperation with the Provision State Agency has launched the Internal Security fund 2021-2027 (ISF) Project No. VP/IDF/2024/5 “Strengthening the response mobility and…
Since 2021, when the State Police, together with partners Lithuania, Estonia and Europol, launched a FIDR project to strengthen national capacities to fight drug trafficking, money laundering and…
