Detentions at the PZU headquarters
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The Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA) has raided the headquarters of one of the largest Polish insurers, PZU, Jacek Dobrzyński, the spokesperson of the CBA informed. Since early morning, the agents along with the Warsaw Prosecutor's Office have been carrying out their duties.
Michał Witkowski, the spokesman of the company, has confirmed that the CBA had taken five employees into custody. The detainees work in the public tenders department.
"Five people have been arrested. The prosecutor is filing charges in relation to accepting material or personal benefits by public persons in exchange for unacceptable preferential procurement," Przemysław Nowak, spokesperson of the Prosecutor Office.
The Central Anti-Corruption Bureau is a special service, created to combat corruption in public and economic life, particularly in public and local government institutions as well as to fight against activities detrimental to the State’s economic interest.
