Head hunter

The man to create and head the Central Anti-corruption Office is Mariusz Kamiński, who will lead a 500-strong investigative taskforce. He told TVN 24 just before his appointment: "Corruption is one of the largest crimes, hitting the fundamentals of democracy, of the market economy."

Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz revealed at a government news conference that the new agency will "have to be an agency with investigative rights, which will bring a significant drop in corruption."

The new agency will cost the government $30 (zł.102) million.

The creation of the new agency has drawn criticism from the left, who say that all it will achieve is a communist witch-hunt and a reopening of old wounds. (Reuters)