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Head of Latvian Central Bank is detained for questioning
The prime minister of Latvia says the country's top central banker has been detained following questions from the national anti-corruption agency. Maris Kucinskis issued a statement Sunday confirming that Ilmars Rimsevics, a policymaker of the European Central Bank, was detained. On Saturday evening, Latvian state TV showed Rimsevics arriving by car to the anti-corruption agency and leaving hours later. The state TV reported that Rimsevics' office and one of his properties had been raided. The anti-corruption agency, the Bank of Latvia and the European Central Bank all declined to comment. Kucinskis said "there are ... (full story)