拉脱維亞央行行長被捕，總理大力安撫歐洲

Latvian Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis assured the country and Europe "there is no sign of danger," after anti-corruption police arrested the head of the Latvian central bank Saturday.

Neither Kucinskis nor the police gave any reason why central bank governor Ilmars Rimsevics was arrested. But a police spokeswoman said there will be an announcement "as soon as possible."

The Latvian government plans an emergency meeting Monday.

Along with heading the Baltic nation's central bank, Rimsevics is also one of 19 governors on the European Central Bank.

The U.S. Treasury Department has proposed sanctions against a major Latvian bank for alleged money laundering linked to North Korea's weapons program.拉脱維亞反腐警察星期六逮捕了該國央行行長之後，拉脱維亞總理古金斯基向全國以及歐洲保證，沒有任何危險的跡象。

古金斯基總理和警方都沒有解釋為什麼拉脱維亞央行行長裏姆塞維克斯被逮捕的原因。不過，警方發言人説，將盡快做出宣佈。

拉脱維亞政府計劃星期一舉行緊急會議。

裏姆塞維克斯除了擔任拉脱維亞央行行長之外，還是歐洲央行的19名董事之一。

美國財政部體提出制裁拉脱維亞一家大銀行，因為據稱這家銀行卷入與朝鮮核武器項目有關的洗錢活動。