Anti-corruption authorities in Latvia have arrested the governor of the country’s central bank, Ilmars Rimsevics, the government said Sunday, while assuring there is “no sign of danger” to the financial system. Rimsevics, who was appointed governor in 2001, was detained by officers from the Corruption Prevention Bureau (KNAB) on Saturday and questioned for seven hours before being taken to another location on Sunday, according to a journalist from the Baltic News Agency . Local media said anti-corruption officers also raided the governor’s residence and his offices at the Bank of Latvia. Latvian Prime Minister, Maris Kucinskis, confirmed the arrest but insisted there was “no sign of danger for the Latvian financial system.” “For now, neither I (as prime minister) nor any other official has any reason to interfere in the work of the KNAB. “The office (KNAB) is working professionally,” Kucinskis told the Latvian news agency. “When KNAB considers it possible to giv...
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