Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB; ) is a specialised anti-corruption authority of
Latvia
Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...
. Its aim is to fight
corruption in Latvia in a coordinated and comprehensive way through prevention, investigation and education. KNAB was established October 2002 and has been fully operational since February 2003.
KNAB is an independent public administration institution under the supervision of the
Cabinet of Ministers. The supervision is executed by the
Prime Minister
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. It is limited to the control of lawfulness of decisions. KNAB is also a pre-trial investigatory body and has traditional police powers.
KNAB represents Latvia at the
GRECO.
The current director of KNAB is
Jēkabs Straume (appointed on June 15, 2017).
The deputy director on corruption combating matters is
Jānis Roze.
All executives
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Guntis Rutkis 2002–2003
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Rūdolfs Kalniņš (acting) 2003
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Alvis Vilks (acting) 2003
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Juta Strīķe (acting) 2003–2004
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Aleksejs Loskutovs 2004–2008
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Normunds Vilnītis 2009–2011
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Juta Strīķe (acting) 2011
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Jaroslavs Streļčenoks 2011–2016 17.November
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Ilze Jurča (acting) 2016–2017
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Jēkabs Straume 2017–
present
Former executives
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Guntis Rutkis, director, 2002–2003
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Aleksejs Loskutovs, director, 2003–June 29, 2008
["Saeima ieceļ Streļčenoku KNAB priekšnieka amatā"]
(retrieved November 10, 2009)
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Normunds Vilnitis, director, 2009–March 12, 2011 June 16
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Jaroslavs Streļčenoks, director, 2011–November 17., 2016–November 17.
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References
External links
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Law enforcement agencies of Latvia
Anti-corruption agencies
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