Arrest of Katowice security official latest act in Silesian corruption drama

The deputy head of the Katowice bureau of the State Security Office (UOP) has been arrested by officers from the Central Intelligence Office (CBS), on charges of collaborating with criminals. The arrest of Mariusz Sz. appears to be the latest act in a drama in which a vast web of corruption is being revealed in Silesia, linked to businessman Krzysztof P, who is already in police custody. "We are astonished. Many major criminal cases have been solved thanks to the personal efforts of the deputy head of the Katowice unit," said UOP spokeswoman, Magdalena Kluczynska. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 12) M.K.