Financial Crime Investigation Service

A special body, set up jointly by the State Tax Inspectorate (VMI) and the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT), will investigate Lithuanian individuals and companies named in the Panama Papers.

A number of well-known Lithuanian entrepreneurs are linked to offshore companies revealed in the Panama Papers as well as several politicians, says the Lithuanian journalist working on the global exposé of possible tax evasion by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

The leaked documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca reveal that Lithuania's Ūkio Bankas served as an intermediary in dubious transactions involving a close friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Lithuania's Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) is to investigate the involvement of Lithuanian banks in offshore deals revealed in the Panama Papers.

The number of Lithuanians being able to buy property purely in cash has been steadily multiplying in the last few years – in fact it is hard to imagine how many Lithuanians have been buying a home or apartment using cash - but such luxurious purchases may now have serious consequences.

Lithuania’s Financial Crime Investigation Service is working with Spanish authorities investigating possible money laundering at the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China branch in Madrid.

Lithuanian and Latvian law enforcement officers are investigating an organized crime group suspected of illegal trade in oil products.

Lithuania’s Prosecutor General’s Office and the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) are conducting a probe into alleged illegal activities by Vilniaus Prekyba, one of Lithuania’s biggest business groups, and its shareholders, including Lithuania’s richest businessman, Nerijus Numavičius. Nu...

Sergey Rachinstein, a businessman wanted by Lithuania on the suspicion of embezzling European Union (EU) funds, was detained in the city of Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam last week.

Edvinas Eimontas has been elected the new president of the Lithuanian Football Federation.

There are no active terrorist organizations in Lithuania, according to the national money laundering and terrorist financing risk assessment report presented by the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) on Monday.

The Lithuanian Football Federation have said that four candidates have been nominated for election as President of the Lithuanian Football federation. The federation and current president, Julius Kvedaras, is under investigation by state anti-fraud investigators.

Officers from the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FCIS) carried out searches of the headquarters of the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF) and of the home of the LFF's president, Julius Kvedaras, on Thursday morning.

Reacting to the terrorist attacks in France, Lithuania's Parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee has requested additional funding for the State Security Department, the Lithuanian Police Anti-Terrorist Operations Unit, Aras, and the State Border Guard Service. The committee requests to...

After an official inquiry, Lithuania's Interior Ministry has decided that Kęstutis Jucevičius, the head of the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT), may stay in his post and have access to classified information.