Prosecutors from the EU’s EPPO have asked Latvia’s KNAB to carry out searches in an investigation into suspected €1.4 million fraud linked to Alūksne Municipality. The checks and other measures were ordered in Riga and carried out by KNAB as part of a probe into alleged procurement fraud and abuse of office by public officials of the municipality. The investigation follows suspected wrongdoing connected to how municipal procurement decisions were handled, with investigators focusing on whether officials misused their roles. KNAB conducted the searches and other measures on the EPPO’s request in the course of the case. The matter remains under investigation, with the EPPO overseeing the probe and KNAB carrying out investigative actions.