Opolskie police officers from the Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime (CBZC) have made a spectacular break-up of an organized crime group, which has been operating dangerous activities throughout Poland for a long time. The gang dealt with illicit trafficking in strong painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs, which are only available on prescription and which are strictly contraindicated during pregnancy. Moreover, criminals, utilizing online forums, advertised these medicines as means of abortion, posing a real threat to the lives and wellness of buyers. As a consequence of precise operational actions, the allegations were heard together 11 persons, and illegal activity brought the group above half a million zlotys profit. The scale of the threat is alarming – more than a 1000 people died of dangerous trade, and in 1 documented case there was a direct, fatal threat of life. The case reveals the dark web site of trade and the consequences of deficiency of regulation.
Dangerous business: How did the gang work?
The detained members of the criminal group utilized various online forums and discussion platforms to scope possible customers. There they published offers to acquisition strong painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs, which are available only on prescription and strictly contraindicated during pregnancy. The key, and at the same time the most cynical, part of their strategy was advertising these medicines as an effective way to end pregnancy. They misled and put people seeking specified solutions at large risk. Sales were carried out without any medical or pharmaceutical control, frequently through shipment. It is estimated that the group made a full of more than PLN 500,000, indicating the scale and structured nature of their activities.
Leaders and Crime Grid: CBZC Action
The head of the group was followed by Opolskie policemen from the Central Bureau of Cybercrime Combat. 48-year-old male from Bielsko-White, considered a gang leader, was detained along with his 45-year-old partnerwho served as his “right hand”. In the basement of their residence, officers discovered dozens of medicines prepared for sale and dispatch. Commissioner Marcin Zagórski, a spokesperson for the CBZC, stressed that the medicines found were already packed and ready for distribution. The next day after the leaders were arrested, the criminals detained 3 more people liable for “laundering” of dirty money. The full operation led to a full of eleven persons active in criminal activity.
Tragic Effects and Real Risks
The consequences of illicit drug trafficking were dramatic and straight life-threatening. Police have determined that the victims of criminal action have fallen over a 1000 peoplewho have purchased dangerous medicines, frequently unaware of their actual composition or dosage. The most shocking is the case of the female to whom the officers reached – as a consequence of the usage of purchased drugs she suffered life-threatening diseaseswhich required immediate medical intervention. This incidental is simply a drastic example of how serious the effects of the usage of strong pharmaceuticals, especially those intended for non-medical purposes and without medical supervision, can be. The absence of any control over the dosage and origin of the substance constitutes a fatal hazard for those who choose to buy medicines from illegal sources.
Charges and legal consequences: Up to 15 years in prison
A number of serious charges were filed against detainees of the criminal group. Gang leader, 48-year-old from Bielsko-White, heard the charge the establishment and conduct of an organised criminal groupFor which he is facing punishment even up to 15 years imprisonment. His 45-year-old partner and 3 another detainees – 33-year-old from Bytomia, 39-year-old resident of the Warsaw area and 49-year-old man from Przemyśl – must be punished up to 10 years in prison for participation in a criminal group and for Money laundering. Additional, very serious allegations concern the hazard of failure of life and health, to assist abortions against the laws in force and illegal drug trafficking. The case is developmental, and the investigation is intended to uncover all the details and hold everyone active in this process accountable.
Breaking up this crime group by the Central Bureau of Cybercrime is simply a key success in the fight against illegal drug trafficking and public wellness protection. This case constitutes a serious informing against buying any medicine outside the authoritative distribution channels, in peculiar those only available on prescription. The consequences can be tragic, and the legal consequences for those active in specified a process – highly severe. Police call for peculiar care and the usage of only legal safe pharmaceutical sources, stressing that wellness and human life are invaluable and cannot be the subject of illegal trafficking.
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The police broke up the gang. They sold drugs as abortions, over PLN 500 1000 profit and life-threatening
