Fiches Belges

Surveillance and tracking of a person without the information thereof shall be performed, on the basis of a decision of an investigating judge, if there are grounds to believe that the behaviour of the person, or his or her contact with other persons, may contain information regarding facts included in circumstances to be proven, for a term up to 30 days which an investigating judge may extend, if necessary. An investigating judge shall indicate in a decision whether the rights are granted to continue with the surveillance and tracking, for a term of up to 48 hours, of other persons who have been in contact with a person to be placed under surveillance.

1) Directive 2014/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 regarding the European Investigation Order in criminal matters. 2) For non-EU countries Art 17 of CoE Second Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (2001) 3) Relevant bilateral agreements with non-EU countries

1) State Police of Latvia – during pre-trial investigation until prosecution. 2) Prosecutor General’s Office – during pre-trial investigation until submitting the case to the court.

Latvian and English (in urgent matters Latvian is preferable)

According to the Directive 2014/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 regarding the European Investigation Order in criminal matters – execution of the EIO is 90 days. According to the Criminal Procedure Law of the Republic of Latvia, the term of tracking is up to 30 days, which can be extended by the investigative judge (if necessary). All the terms depend of the particular case.

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