CENTRAL ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU always in the interest of Poland An organised criminal group broken up - News

More than 60 officers from several Regional Offices of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau were involved in activities connected with breaking up of anorganised criminal group which has been operating on the territory of Poland. 9 persons detained and evidence secured in the 30 entities, invoices for over PLN 20 million.

The officers of the Regional Office of the CBA in Katowice have detained 9 persons, the owners of economic entities from Silesian region, operating in various industries. Activities undertaken by the agents of the CBA are connected with an investigation conducted by the District Prosecutor’s Office in Kraków regarding the operation of the organised criminal group which has been placing on market VAT invoices attesting untruth.

The initial findings indicate that amount of VAT invoices placed on market exceeds PLN 20 million.

All detainees, after the completion of searches, will be transferred to the District Prosecutor’s Office in Kraków, where they will be charged with participation in an organised criminal group.

At the same time the officers of the Regional Offices of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau in Katowice, Rzeszów, Łódź, Wrocław, Lublin, Gdańsk and Warsaw, are securing financial and accounting documentation at the headquarters of 30 economic entities operating in several voivodships, including Śląskie, Małopolskie, Mazowieckie and Pomorskie.

These are the first activities of the Bureau within this case, which is still developmental.