Kazimierz Szwajcowski appointed new director of Central Intelligence Office

Interior Minister Krzysztof Janik has appointed Kazimierz Szwajcowski as director of the Central Intelligence Office (CBS) under the National Police Headquarters (KGP). In recent years, Szwajcowski has served as head of the Office for Fighting Organized Crime (BWPZ) in Katowice, which has achieved some notable successes in dealing with major economic and criminal cases. The office was responsible for the arrest of Pruszkow mafia bosses Ryszard Bogucki and Ryszard Niemczyk. It has also been involved in the cases of former Sejm deputy Marek Kolasinski and former Senator Andrzej Gawronik. Janik has also dismissed the chief of police in Rzeszow, the third change in voivodeship-level police authorities since the government came to power. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) P.W.