More than 300 Estonian citizens have been detained or imprisoned abroad, informs LETA/BNS.

"According to information available to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there are more than 300 Estonian citizens in detention facilities abroad at present, including 29 in Latin America," spokesperson for the ministry Maria Belovas told BNS on January 15th, 2016.

The biggest number of Estonian citizens or 121 are being held in Finland, while Spain and Germany follow with 28 Estonians behind bars in each.

"I have to stress that not all countries inform us of detained Estonian citizens. According to the Vienna Convention on Consular Regulation, detainees have the right to contact the embassy of their native land, but often they don't wish to do that," Belovas said.

The ministry does not have information regarding which crimes Estonians have committed abroad.