Police officers from Warsaw Wola, acting together with the interior safety Agency, Stop 44-year-old Ukrainian citizen who was illegally resident in Poland. Investigative findings indicate that the man held a advanced position in organized crime structures originating in the erstwhile USSR. He held the position of the alleged "bag in the Order" – 1 of the highest titles in the criminal hierarchy, meaning authority of the rank of "Godfather".
Police stopped the head of Ukrainian mafia in Poland. As revealed, he was previously convicted of serious crimes, including homicide. After the trial, he was handed over to Border defender officers in Warsaw, who carry out further proceedings in his case.
Stopping a 44-year-old is not an isolated case. According to the service data, in fresh months in Poland respective “bores in the Order” have been included, mainly related to Georgian and more Russian-speaking mafias. Experts emphasize that the presence of specified people demonstrates the increasing importance of Poland as an operational base for global criminal groups. The “Wor” is not a specified criminal – it has a supervisory role, settles conflicts and controls the flow of money in the mafia structure. Its presence means that the organisation has achieved a advanced level of improvement and stability.
According to reports of the Central Bureau of Police Investigation, the number of foreigners suspected of participating in organised crime in Poland is increasing rapidly. In 2025, 265 people were accused, of which about 80% were citizens of post-Soviet states. Among them are a large group of Ukrainians. According to the media, in only 1 year 111 suspects belonged to this nationality. Importantly, these structures are increasingly active in a geographically distributed model. Management may be located outside Poland, and the country serves as a logistical or financial facility.
Ukrainian gangs are increasingly identifying their presence in circumstantial areas of crime, especially cybercrime. According to the findings of the services, these groups organize professional fraud centers – called call center – located, among others, in Kiev or Odessa. They deal with “banker” or “investment” extortion and their activities are almost corporate. In so far broken structures, Ukrainian citizens made up up up to 90% of members, which shows the degree of their engagement in this crime segment.
Experts and reports from the services indicate that an crucial origin in the growth of organised crime from east Europe is the ongoing war in Ukraine and the peculiar position given to Ukrainian pseudo-refugees, who are frequently treated as "holy cows". The destabilisation of the region and the naivety of local authorities facilitate the movement of persons associated with the criminal world. The service besides warns against possible increases in arms smuggling, human trafficking or money laundering in the future – peculiarly in the context of possible demobilisation of soldiers and increased availability of weapons on the black market.
The detention of the Ukrainian “bag in the Order” at Warsaw Wola shows that Poland is becoming an crucial area of activity for global criminal groups. At the same time, experts point out that although the number of detainees is increasing, it is inactive hard to scope the highest levels of management of these structures. This means changing the approach to combating organised crime – a greater emphasis on operational activities, global cooperation and analysis of financial and personnel networks.
So stopping a 44-year-old is not only a success of the service but besides a informing signal. It shows that the expanding activity of the Ukrainian mafia becomes 1 of the key challenges for the interior safety of Poland. Importantly, this mafia is much more violent than the Polish mafia, which nevertheless followed a certain unwritten code of honor. Ukrainians have no inhibitions.
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