Officers from Radom Border defender Service broke up an organized crime group specialising in organizing illegal crossing of the Polish border to foreigners and facilitating their illegal stay in our country, drawing crucial benefits from this. 10 people were detained, including employees of 1 of the region labour offices. Against 5 persons, the court applied a precautionary measurement in the form of a provisional arrest for a period of 3 months.
The breakdown of an organized criminal group, including detention of 10 people – Polish citizens and searches belonging to suspicious apartments, as well as office premises of the region office of the Labour Office took place last week (May 21, 2024) in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship. As a consequence of the search, Radom Border defender officers secured respective twelve data carriers on site, including sim cards, flash drives, computers and mobile phones, as well as respective twelve company stamps, bank records, certificates and statements. 4 cars with a full value of PLN 187 1000 and financial resources amounting to PLN 187 650 and EUR 1,800 were taken for future penalties.
The fishy is accused of participating in an organized crime group which operates between 2019 and 2024 in the confederate powiats of woj. The intent of Mazovian was to organize the illegal crossing of the border of the Republic of Poland to foreigners from high-risk migration countries (Turkey, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, India, Pakistan, Rwanda, Afghanistan, Philippines, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Iraq, Iran, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Belarus) by providing the documentation essential to get a national visa and certifying the untruth of the intention to employment a foreigner and to supply him with accommodation in the territory of the Republic of Poland and thus defrauding the message of untruth from officials of 1 of the region labour offices in the form of “A certificate of registration of applications for seasonal work” regarding the place of seasonal work by the foreigner. These are acts in accordance with Article 258(1) of the Code in conjunction with Article 231(2) of the Code in conjunction with Article 264(3) of the Code in conjunction with Article 271(3) of the Code in conjunction with Article 272 of the Code in conjunction with Article 11(2) and Article 12(1) of the Code in conjunction with Article 65(1) of the Code.
Importantly, participation in a criminal group is suspected, among another things, of government officials and private individuals who have made a permanent origin of income as a consequence of this practice, achieving crucial wealth benefits. According to the findings of Border defender officers, the group, acting in this way, could extort more than 5,000 certificates of entry into the records of applications for seasonal work.
Three of the 10 detainees were accused of participating in an organized crime group. Against 5 persons, the court applied a precautionary measurement in the form of a provisional arrest for a period of 3 months. In relation to the remaining 5 suspects, preventive measures were taken in the form of police supervision, property guarantee, ban on leaving the country while retaining the passport.
The investigation is supervised by the territory Attorney's Office in Grójec.
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