I-OTTAWA-ISebe leMicimbi yangaPhandle lilumkisa abakhenkethi abasinga eLatvia ukuze babukele amagcisa obuqhetseba asebenza kwimivalo kwikomkhulu iRiga.
Kwingcebiso yezohambo kwi-intanethi, isebe lithi kukho iingxelo zokuba abakhenkethi banyanzelwa ukuba bahlawule amaxabiso axhomileyo eziselo.
"Abanye abakhenkethi baye bahlaselwa, bagrogriswa okanye banyanzelwa ukuba bakhuphe imali koomatshini bebhanki ukuze bahlawule ibhili," ngokutsho kwengcebiso.
Iphephandaba iBaltic Times, elizinze eRiga, kutshanje liye lanikela ingxelo yokuba obu buqhophololo buyanda kwiibhari nakwiivenkile zokutyela zeso sixeko. Abakhenkethi abasuka eFinland kuphela baye baqhathwa ngaphezu kwe-C$150,000 iyonke, atsho amapolisa.
Izilumkiso ezifanayo kunye neeakhawunti zomntu wokuqala zingafumaneka kwiiforamu zokuhamba.
Kwiwebhsayithi yeTravBuddy, omnye umhambi oyindoda wabhala ingxelo edibana nelinye ibhinqa kumbindi wedolophu yaseRiga: “Undithathile wandisa kweli qela laza xa ndingaphakathi ndanikwa ibhili yeendleko . . . US$300. Ndabuza ukuba yenzelwe ntoni kwaye lo mfana wathi ukuze ndiphile ngomso.”
