Joint activities of the CBA, the Central Investigation Bureau of Police (CBŚP), the National Tax Administration (KAS) and the Prosecutor's Office
CBA officers together with the officers of the Central Investigation Bureau of Police and the National Tax Administration, supervised by the Lower Silesia unit for Organized Crime at the National Prosecutor's Office, have broken up an organised crime group extorting money from customers of go-go night clubs. In total, 22 suspects have been detained throughout Poland.
Officers of the CBA Regional Office in Kraków, in cooperation with officers of the Central Investigation Bureau of Police and the Mazovian Customs and Tax Office in Warsaw, have carried out an operation in connection with the activities of a criminal group that committed robberies and fraud against customers of a chain of nightclubs. The operation has been carried out under the supervision of the Lower Silesian Field Division of the Department for Organized Crime and Corruption in Wrocław. The findings indicate that members of the group carried out their criminal activities in Wrocław, Kraków, Warsaw, Gdańsk, Katowice, Rzeszów and other cities.
The evidence indicates that club staff were driving clients into unconsciousness with psychoactive drugs. According to the obtained material, the victims' bank accounts were subsequently manipulated with the use of their telephones. Simultaneously, the detainees carried out activities aimed at thwarting and impeding the origin of illegally acquired funds.
Over 500 officers took part in operations conducted on the territory of the whole country. The operation was the effect of many months of cooperation of all services and the prosecutor's office.
Charges of participation in criminal activities of an organised crime group, robberies and fraud, including the property of significant value, were pressed against the detainees. Some of them were charged with leading an organised crime group, money laundering and committing criminal fiscal offences. At the same time, searches were carried out in over 100 locations, including the main office of the whole chain of clubs with a monitoring centre situated in Kraków. In the course of the activities, the officers secured extensive documentation and computer equipment. Money in various currencies, cars and jewellery were secured towards future penalties and fines. The value of the secured property is estimated at over PLN 1.2 million.
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