FOZZ trial faces further delays following judge's move to Justice Ministry

The District Court in Warsaw has postponed for an indefinite period the trial into the Foreign Debt Servicing Fund (FOZZ) affair. The decision was widely expected, since the judge, Barbara Piwnik, has left to take up the post of Justice Minister. A new judge will have to become familiar with 300 volumes of documents before the trial can start again from the beginning. The investigation has already lasted seven years. Former FOZZ officials are accused of causing the State losses of zl.354 million. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) M.K.