Between 1953 and 1992, the KGB (Komitet Gosudarstvennyi Besopasnosti -
Committee of State Security) enlisted over 24 000 Latvians as
collaborators and field agents. These individuals, often for money, were
tasked with a range of responsibilities ranging from spying on
neighbours and providing intelligence on potential threats to the Party.
In 1991, during the movement for re-independence, the names of
potential collaborators were found with details of what they'd allegedly
done. These included the names of many politicians and business
leaders.