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Wiretapping scandal shakes judiciary


By Talis Saule Archdeacon

In order to force a public investigation, Lapsa both published the wiretaps and gave them to police.
RIGA - Journalist Lato Lapsa has unveiled a series of transcripts that are allegedly wiretapped phone conversations among prominent figures in Latvia’s judiciary system from 1998 to 2000. Lapsa said he received the documents anonymously in his mailbox at the end of last year – something that occurs regularly given his propensity to publish anonymous material – and that he has no clue who may have left the transcripts. The journalist simultaneously released the transcripts to the ...

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