that has to be solved on the national level and not on the european level which is if i may say so a shame because not only the reputation of the national reserve bank of latvia is at stake here but the reputation of the whole euro system and the e.c.b. itself well the united states sure is saying something about this it's it says that it has full confidence in latvia as ability to deal with the corruption claims now it flagged this whole affair how do you read into these. i can tell you ben how many people in financial scene have reacted to this why do we need the americans to flag such an affair that's a question that you that is being asked here very often of course it's the job of the european central bank to make sure that the financial flows in the system works you know smoothly it's not the job of the e.c.b. to raise allegations against one bank i'm talking about of course about those allegations that this bank in russia enabled illegal dealings with north korea but obviously this whole affair shows that our monetary union is an unfinished affair the e.c.b. for a long time has talked about that money laundering should be included in its mandate but it'

that has to be solved on the national level and not on the european level which is if i may say so a shame because not only the reputation of the national reserve bank of latvia is at stake here but the reputation of the whole euro system and the e.c.b. itself will the united states sure is saying something about this it's it says that it has full confidence in latvia as ability to deal with the corruption claims now it flagged this whole affair how do you read into this. i can tell you ben how many people in financial scene have reacted to this why do we need the americans to flag such an affair that's a question that you that is being asked here very often of course it's the job of the european central bank to make sure that the financial flows in the system works you go smoothly it's not the job of the e.c.b. to raise allegations against one bank i'm talking about of course about those allegations that this bank in russia enabled illegal dealings with north korea but obviously this whole affair shows that our monetary union is an unfinished affair the e.c.b. for a long time has talked about that money laundering should be included in its mandate but it's n