Rīgas Satiksme controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2019
Liquidity and governance crisis
The interim company head stated that Rīgas Satiksme needed €37 million in March to avoid insolvency. Government officials demanded information on the company’s financial condition and stabilization plans. The interim head later resigned, citing insufficient support for proposed changes.
2018
Procurement investigation and anti-corruption searches
Authorities warned Riga City Council and Rīgas Satiksme over legal-compliance issues in the procurement of nanotechnology chemicals. Later searches at company and city offices formed part of a broader investigation into suspected large-scale fraud.
2018
December 2018 corruption operation
Latvia’s anti-corruption bureau conducted numerous searches and detained people in Latvia and Poland in a case involving suspected bribery and procurement misconduct. The company board resigned, its head was suspended and detained, and an interim board was appointed.
2017
Nanotechnology case charges
Four people were charged in a fraud case involving an alleged loss of approximately €700,000 to the company. Rīgas Satiksme was recognized as a victim in the proceedings, while additional officials were investigated.
2015
Nanotechnology cleaning-product procurement allegations
A Latvian television investigation alleged that water may have been supplied instead of nanotechnology cleaning products ordered by the company. Rīgas Satiksme formed an internal disciplinary commission, which reported finding no procurement violations.
2013
Daimler EvoBus bribery affair
Leonards Tenis, a former transport adviser to Riga’s mayor and former deputy chair of the Rīgas Satiksme council, was charged in connection with allegations that Daimler bribed Riga officials to influence public transport procurement between 2002 and 2006.
2013
Criminal allegations involving a company employee
Police detained an employee in connection with grave sexual-crime allegations involving minors. The allegations concerned conduct said to have occurred between 2009 and 2013; the reference material does not establish a corporate finding against Rīgas Satiksme itself.