Lembergs / Transparency International / Delna / Constitution Protection Bureau / State Revenue Service / Latvian Transparency International / Successful Societies / Special Investigation Service / KNAB / Spule / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
Latvia / South Africa / France / Lithuania / Austria / United States / Soviet Union / /
draft campaign finance legislation / court-approved telecommunications surveillance / campaign finance regulations / legislative and judicial systems / intelligence services / parked car / campaign finance / finance / intergovernmental working / bank / final law / law enforcement / media appearances / power broker / campaign finance violations / civil law common / corrupt campaign finance practices / law working / pharmaceutical procurement case / criminal law / media coverage / /
Organization
Public Prosecutor’s Office / Latvia’s government / Security Police / Corruption Prevention Council / Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service / People’s Party / Ministry of Justice / Princeton University / Combating Bureau / Latvia’s Cabinet of Ministers / North Atlantic Treaty Organization / Ministry of Interior / Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption / European Union / Council of Europe / Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs / Bobst Center for Peace and Justice / Repše’s government / Latvian Law Society / Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau / Union of Greens and Farmers / University of Illinois / World Bank / State Audit Office / Latvian government / State Chancellery’s legal department / Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Independent Commission Against Corruption / State Revenue Service’s anti-corruption unit / Latvia’s First Party / Cabinet of Ministers / /
Person
Solveiga Līce / Gabriel Kuris Loskutovs / Einars Repše / Rasma Karklina / Guntis Rutkis / Gabriel Kuris / Aivars Borovkovs / Andris Šķēle / Valts Kalniņš / Inese Voika / Juta Strīķe / Alvis Vilks / Bertrand de Speville / Gunta Veismane / Indulis Emsis / /
Position
mayor / Prime Minister / president / justice minister / state auditor / head / deputy chief / permanent director / founder / director in May / experienced police investigator / acting director / a role / acting director / professor emeritus / businessmen / deputy director of prevention / corruption investigator / senior specialist / deputy legal director / deputy director of investigation / first director / power broker / lead power broker / deputy director of corruption prevention / relations specialist / trained lawyer / officer / soft-spoken lawyer and police academy professor / election commissioner / health minister / director / international relations specialist / police chief / assertive leader / candidate / trained lawyer and top corruption investigator / /
SURMOUNTING STATE CAPTURE: LATVIA’S ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY SPURS REFORMS, 2002 – 2011 SYNOPSIS Eager to demonstrate progress against corruption in order to advance its standing in the accession processes for NATO and