Lithuania’s Prosecutor General’s Office has launched a pre-trial investigation into alleged fraudulent accounting at the Law and Democracy Centre, formerly headed by Member of the European Parliament Dainius Žalimas who called the allegations disinformaton.
The prosecutor’s office said on Friday that the probe will examine circumstances outlined in complaints filed by Member of the European Parliament Petras Gražulis and Remigijus Žemaitaitis, leader of the Nemunas Dawn party and member of the Seimas. The allegations concern the potentially illegal use of state and support funds between 2021 and 2025.
Žemaitaitis raised questions on Facebook last week regarding the use of funds by the Law and Democracy Centre for legal aid to Belarusians. He said the institution received about 246,000 euros in support over three years, with more than 30,000 euros allegedly paid to Žalimas, though he argued the reports do not clearly show how these funds were used.
