Krakow police break up extortion gang terrorizing Malopolska businesses

The Central Intelligence Office (CBS) in Krakow has arrested the leader and another member of a gang responsible for a campaign of extortion across Malopolska voivodeship. The group obtained sums ranging from several hundred to tens of thousands of zloty from businesses by threatening them with arson. Local police spokesman Dariusz Nowak said, "It was one of the most dangerous gangs in Malopolska." Following the detention of gang leader "Dzudzu" and his accomplice "Pingwin", a warrant has been issued for the arrest of another gang member, 38-year-old Jan Tanek from Kazimerza Wielka. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 6) P.W.