Ventspils, Latvian Prosecutors Office, Gunvor

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It has been well-known for many years that all of the wealth of Ventspils is going to five individuals:  Aivars Lembergs, Olafs Berkis, Olegs Stepanovs, Igors Skoks, and Genadijs Sevcovs.

When the Latvian Prosecutors Office announced in 2007 that it would prosecute Lembergs, Latvians were amazed because it always seemed that the oligarchs were above the law.  The prosecution should have been extremely easy because of discoveries of shell-company activities by law enforcement in Austria, Lichtenstein, and Guernsey.

But now in 2012, it is clear that the Lembergs prosecution is not real.  He is not in jail.  And, he and his friends are still able to take money from the state.

Perhaps most disturbing of all, a company named “Gunvor” is mentioned in this article.  Could this be a link to the KGB’s notorious ”Gunvor” in Switzerland?

Article link:

http://media-reading.com/2012/07/27/incredible-prosecutors-office-weak-lembergs/

Pdf in case link goes down:

Gunvor

  • http://infosec.lv/ Artis Schlossberg

    Is it the infamous oil trading company with Putin as a hidden share-holder that threatened The Economist with a libel suit?

    “Gunvor confirmed it had a contract with Ventbunkers, the operator of the Latvian Ventspils oil terminal on the Baltic Sea, for the discharge, storage and transit of middle distillates.”

    Source: http://www.blackhawkpartners.com/links.aspx”

    “Ventbunkers, who had previously offered services to many of its clients,
    began to offer them to only three select companies – Litasco (part of Lukoil group), and well-known Russian oil trading companies Gunvor International BV and Petrotrans Ltd.”

    Source: http://www.pietiek.com/raksti/meroni_atklaj,_ka_berkis_smelis_krejumu_no_ventbunkera

    “International trading firm Gunvor has locked up all of the storage facilities for clean refined products at the Ventbunkers terminal in the Latvian port of Ventspils, effectively cutting out the ability of smaller traders to continue operating at the port because of the presence of three dominant players.”

    Source: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-197075178.html