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Central Market said to harbor criminal gangs

Oct 07, 2009
Staff and wire reports

Fishy business: Illicit trade still goes on.
RIGA - Riga's Central Market, crowded daily with local shoppers picking up their black bread, cabbage and chicken wings, and with tourists experiencing the bustling activity, is running rife with criminal groups, claims Riga vice-Mayor Ainars Slesers (Latvia's First Party/Latvia's Way), reports news agency LETA. "Many have asked me if we are not afraid of getting down [to cleaning it up]. Whether this could lead to shootouts, and whether we are not in fear of our lives. Yes, we are concerned ...

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